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meillo@144: Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
meillo@144: to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
meillo@144: that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
meillo@144: its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
meillo@144: the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
meillo@144: .\" The UNIX Programming Environment, p. viii
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meillo@144: At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
meillo@0: the power of a system comes more from the relationship
meillo@0: among programs than from the programs themselves.
meillo@144: .\" freely rearranged
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meillo@0: \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
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meillo@65: As computing scientists we know that in our area,
meillo@144: perhaps more than everywhere else,
meillo@144: mathematical elegance is not a dispensable luxury
meillo@144: but decides between success and failure.
meillo@144: .\" EWD 896
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meillo@144: How do we convince people that in programming
meillo@163: simplicity and clarity \(en in short: what mathematicians
meillo@163: call ``elegance'' \(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
meillo@144: crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
meillo@144: .\" EWD 648
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meillo@65: \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
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meillo@144: Open your mind to the past \(en art, history, philosophy.
meillo@144: And all this may mean something.
meillo@144: .\" Star Trek, TNG, 2x17 ``Samaritan Snare''
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meillo@144: \(em Jean-Luc Picard \(em
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