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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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--- a/dedication.roff	Mon Jul 09 17:41:05 2012 +0200
+++ b/dedication.roff	Mon Jul 09 22:32:24 2012 +0200
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 .rs
 .ps 12
 .vs 14
-.\" sp 2.5i
-.sp 4c
+.sp 2.5i
+.\" sp 4c
 .ft I
 .ce 99
 .ig
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
 the relationship among programs than from the programs themselves.
 .\" The UNIX Programming Environment, p. viii
 ..
+.ig
 At the heart of the \f(ICUnix\fI philosophy is the idea that
 the power of a system comes more from the relationship
 among programs than from the programs themselves.
 .\" freely rearranged
 .sp
 \(em Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike \(em
+.sp 3
+..
 
 
-.sp 3
 .ig
 As computing scientists we know that in our area,
 perhaps more than everywhere else,
@@ -33,19 +35,21 @@
 .\" EWD 896
 ..
 How do we convince people that in programming
-simplicity and clarity \(enin short: what mathematicians
-call ``elegance''\(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
+simplicity and clarity \(en in short: what mathematicians
+call ``elegance'' \(en are not a dispensable luxury, but a
 crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
 .\" EWD 648
 .sp
 \(em Edsger W. Dijkstra \(em
 
 
+.ig
 .sp 3
 Open your mind to the past \(en art, history, philosophy.
 And all this may mean something.
 .\" Star Trek, TNG, 2x17 ``Samaritan Snare''
 .sp
 \(em Jean-Luc Picard \(em
+..
 
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