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changeset 163:0628571d32d7

dedication: Keep only the quote by Dijkstra.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:32:24 +0200
parents 5520bbde3767
children 5c01017be420
files dedication.roff
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+]
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     1.1 --- a/dedication.roff	Mon Jul 09 17:41:05 2012 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/dedication.roff	Mon Jul 09 22:32:24 2012 +0200
     1.3 @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     1.4  .rs
     1.5  .ps 12
     1.6  .vs 14
     1.7 -.\" sp 2.5i
     1.8 -.sp 4c
     1.9 +.sp 2.5i
    1.10 +.\" sp 4c
    1.11  .ft I
    1.12  .ce 99
    1.13  .ig
    1.14 @@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
    1.15  the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
    1.16  .\" The UNIX Programming Environment, p. viii
    1.17  ..
    1.18 +.ig
    1.19  At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
    1.20  the power of a system comes more from the relationship
    1.21  among programs than from the programs themselves.
    1.22  .\" freely rearranged
    1.23  .sp
    1.24  \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
    1.25 +.sp 3
    1.26 +..
    1.27  
    1.28  
    1.29 -.sp 3
    1.30  .ig
    1.31  As computing scientists we know that in our area,
    1.32  perhaps more than everywhere else,
    1.33 @@ -33,19 +35,21 @@
    1.34  .\" EWD 896
    1.35  ..
    1.36  How do we convince people that in programming
    1.37 -simplicity and clarity \(enin short: what mathematicians
    1.38 -call ``elegance''\(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
    1.39 +simplicity and clarity \(en in short: what mathematicians
    1.40 +call ``elegance'' \(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
    1.41  crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
    1.42  .\" EWD 648
    1.43  .sp
    1.44  \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
    1.45  
    1.46  
    1.47 +.ig
    1.48  .sp 3
    1.49  Open your mind to the past \(en art, history, philosophy.
    1.50  And all this may mean something.
    1.51  .\" Star Trek, TNG, 2x17 ``Samaritan Snare''
    1.52  .sp
    1.53  \(em Jean-Luc Picard \(em
    1.54 +..
    1.55  
    1.56  .ce 0