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23 .TL
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24 Why the Unix Philosophy matters
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25 .AU
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26 markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
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29 This paper discusses the importance of the Unix Philosophy in software design.
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30 Today, few software designers are aware of these concepts,
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31 and thus most modern software is limited and does not use software leverage.
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32 Knowing and following the tenets of the Unix Philosophy makes software more valuable.
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33 .AE
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39 This paper was prepared for the seminar ``Software Analysis'' at University Ulm.
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40 Mentor was professor Schweiggert. 2010-02-05
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42 You may get this document from my website
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43 .CW \s-1http://marmaro.de/docs
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46 .NH 1
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47 Introduction
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48 .LP
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49 Building a software is a process from an idea of the purpose of the software
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50 to the finished program.
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51 No matter \fIhow\fP the process is run, two things are common:
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52 the initial idea and the release.
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53 But the the process inbetween can be of any shape.
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54 The time of release and the maintainance work after the release are ignored here, for the moment.
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55 .PP
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56 The process of building splits mainly in two parts:
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57 the planning of what and how to build, and implementing the plan by writing code.
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58 This paper focuses on the planning \(en the design \(en of software.
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59 The here discussed ideas may be applied to any development process.
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60 Though the Unix Philosphy does recommend how the software development process should look like,
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61 this shall not be of matter here.
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62 Similar, the question of how to write the code is out of focus.
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63 .PP
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64 This paper discusses the connection between software design and the Unix Philosphy.
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65 Software design is the work between the requirements and the plan of how the internals and externals
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66 of the software should look like.
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67 However, the term ``Unix Philosophy'' was used but not explained yet.
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68 .PP
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69 The Unix Philosophy is the essence of how the Unix operating system and its toolchest was designed.
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70 It is no limited set of rules, but what people see what is common to typical Unix software.
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71 Several people stated their view on the Unix Philosophy.
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72 Best known are:
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73 .IP \(bu
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74 Doug McIlroy's summary: ``Write programs that do one thing and do it well.''
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75 .[
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76 %A M. D. McIlroy
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77 %A E. N. Pinson
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78 %A B. A. Taque
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79 %T UNIX Time-Sharing System Forward
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80 %J The Bell System Technical Journal
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81 %D 1978
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82 %V 57
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83 %N 6
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84 %P 1902
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85 .]
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86 .IP \(bu
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87 Mike Gancarz' book ``The UNIX Philosophy''.
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88 .[
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89 %A Mike Gancarz
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90 %T The UNIX Philosophy
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91 %D 1995
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92 %I Digital Press
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93 .]
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94 .IP \(bu
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95 Eric S. Raymond's book ``The Art of UNIX Programming''.
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96 .[
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97 %A Eric S. Raymond
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98 %T The Art of UNIX Programming
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99 %D 2003
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100 %I Addison-Wesley
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101 %O .CW \s-1http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/
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103 .LP
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104 These different views on the Unix Philosophy have much in common.
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105 Especially, the main concepts are seen by all of them.
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106 But there are also points on which they differ.
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107 This only underlines what the Unix Philosophy is:
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108 A retrospective view on the main concepts of Unix software;
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109 especially those that were sucessful and unique to Unix.
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110 .PP
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111 Before we will have a look at concrete concepts,
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112 we discuss why software design is important
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113 and what problems bad design introduces.
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116 .NH 1
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117 Importance of software design
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119 Why should we design software at all?
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120 It should be general knowledge, that a bad plan is better than no plan.
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121 As stated earlier in this document, the process of building a software
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122 means going from an idea to a release.
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123 The development process tells how to get from the idea to the release.
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124 Software design tells how the built software should look like.
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125 .PP
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126 It is not enough that the released software offers all requested functionality.
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127 It is a misbelief that only function matters.
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128 Building a software the first time is only a small part of the overall work.
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129 The larger part begins when the software is released for the first time
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130 \(en maintainance and extending work..
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131 This part soon covers more time than the time which was needed to build the software the first time.
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132 .\" cf. brooks?
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133 .PP
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134 The extendability and maitainability of a software highly depends on its design.
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135 Good design eases these tasks much.
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136 Bad design, in contrast, requires much more effort for maintaining and
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137 extending the software.
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138 Developers should, for their own best, have maintainability and extendability in mind
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139 when they design the software.
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140 .PP
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141 Users of the software do not care about maintainability and extendability,
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142 at least not directly.
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143 They care about usability and flexibility.
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144 They want the software to directly solve their problems.
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145 They want to be able to to use all its functions if they learned a few of them.
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146 They want to use the software for similar tasks.
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147 Software is successful if users enjoy using it.
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148 Good software design can offer great flexibility and usability.
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149 .PP
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150 Good design matters for developers \fIand\fP for users.
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151 Hence both groups should care about good software design.
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152 Bad design limits the software in some way.
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153 It may still provide all requested function, but it will have worse quality,
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154 and thus require more work effort for developers or frustrate users.
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155 .PP
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156 Good software design is to the implementation like data structures are to algorithms
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157 \(en if you get the former right, then you do not need to care about the latter,
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158 it will simply go the right way.
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159 .\" cf. ??? ``good data, bad algos''
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164 .NH 1
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165 The Unix Philosophy
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167 .NH 2
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168 what it is
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169 .LP
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170 definitions by McIlroy, Gancarz, ESR (maybe already in the intro)
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171 .LP
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172 cf. unix tool chain
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173 .LP
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174 enabler pipe
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176 .NH 2
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177 Architecture
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178 .LP
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179 the most important design decision.
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180
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181 the topic here
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182
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183 .NH 2
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184 Interface architecture
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185 .LP
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186 standalone vs. tool chain
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187 .LP
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188 software leverage
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189 .LP
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190 possiblities
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191
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192 .NH 2
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193 Results
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194 .LP
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195 The unix phil is an answer to the sw design question
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196 .LP
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197 tool chains empower the uses of sw
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198
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199 .NH 1
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200 Case study: nmh
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201
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202 .NH 2
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203 History
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204 .LP
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205 MH, nmh.
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206 They are old.
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207
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208 .NH 2
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209 Contrasts to similar sw
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210 .LP
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211 vs. Thunderbird, mutt, mailx, pine
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212 .LP
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213 flexibility, no redundancy, use the shell
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215 .NH 2
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216 Gains of the design
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217 .LP
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219 .NH 2
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220 Problems
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221 .LP
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222
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223 .NH 1
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224 Case study: uzbl
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225
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226 .NH 2
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227 History
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228 .LP
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229 uzbl is young
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230
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231 .NH 2
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232 Contrasts to similar sw
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233 .LP
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234 like with nmh
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235 .LP
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236 addons, plugins, modules
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237
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238 .NH 2
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239 Gains of the design
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240 .LP
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241
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242 .NH 2
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243 Problems
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244 .LP
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245 broken web
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247 .NH 1
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248 Final thoughts
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249
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250 .NH 2
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251 Quick summary
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252 .LP
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253 good design
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254 .LP
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255 unix phil
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256 .LP
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257 case studies
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259 .NH 2
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260 Why people should choose
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261 .LP
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262 Make the right choice!
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263
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264 .nr PI .5i
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265 .rm ]<
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266 .de ]<
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267 .LP
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268 .de FP
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269 .IP \\\\$1.
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270 \\..
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271 .rm FS FE
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272 ..
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273 .SH
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274 References
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275 .[
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276 $LIST$
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277 .]
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278 .wh -1p