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meillo@0: The UNIX Programming Environment:
meillo@51: 	Instead, what makes it (the UNIX system) effective is an approach
meillo@0: 	to programming, a philosophy of using the computer. Although
meillo@0: 	that philosophy can't be written down in a single sentence, at
meillo@0: 	its heart is the idea that the power of a system comes more from
meillo@0: 	the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
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meillo@65: 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.
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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@65: perhaps more than everywhere else, mathematical
meillo@65: elegance is not a dispensable luxury but decides
meillo@65: between success and failure.
meillo@65: .sp
meillo@65: \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
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