# HG changeset patch
# User meillo@marmaro.de
# Date 1268062312 -3600
# Node ID faff9ea75591fcc43e28a76a630570fb9c454e5e
# Parent  e8adc3571e8cb318250b2aaa1fbc0238f17c1a1d
more rework

diff -r e8adc3571e8c -r faff9ea75591 unix-phil-slides.ms
--- a/unix-phil-slides.ms	Mon Mar 08 12:58:58 2010 +0100
+++ b/unix-phil-slides.ms	Mon Mar 08 16:31:52 2010 +0100
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 .I
 Show that most modern software is crap
 .I
-Explain why the Unix Phil leads to better software
+Explain why the Unix Phil leads to good/better software
 .I
 Convince you that good software is of matter
 .sp 2
@@ -28,19 +28,24 @@
 
 .S "Roadmap
 .I
-Historical background
+Background
 .I
 What is the Unix Phil?
 .I
 The Unix Phil after Gancarz
 .I
-Discussion on real world examples
+Real world examples
 .I
-The Unix Phil is more than software dev guidelines
+Final thoughts
 
 
 
-.S "How I learned about it
+
+.P "Background
+
+
+
+.S "How I met the Unix Phil
 .LP
 First contact through dwm (suckless project)
 .LP
@@ -49,19 +54,11 @@
 ``The Unix and the Echo''
 .LP
 ``The Unix Programming Environment''
+.LP
 .sp 1
-.LP
 Better understanding through digging in the past
 
 
-
-
-
-.P "Historical background
-
-
-
-
 .S "Historical background
 .LP
 The late 60s and early 70s
@@ -88,8 +85,8 @@
 It is not covered by the Unix Phil
 .br
 The Unix Phil is on a different level
+.LP
 .sp 2
-.LP
 Unix is mainly two things:
 .I
 An operating system (system calls)
@@ -213,6 +210,8 @@
 .LP
 Often straight forward to implement
 .LP
+Toolchests
+.LP
 Reusable
 
 
@@ -225,6 +224,8 @@
 The best way to shape a software
 .LP
 Users find bugs
+.LP
+Incremental development
 
 
 .S "Choose portability over efficiency
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@
 
 .S "Store data in flat text files
 .LP
+(originally: ``Store numerical data in flat ASCII files'')
+.LP
 Binary data is machine-dependent
 .LP
 Human readable data is:
@@ -262,6 +265,8 @@
 Make best use of computing power
 .LP
 Reduce development effort
+.LP
+Toolchests and a powerful shell
 
 
 .S "Use shell scripts to increase leverage and portability
@@ -273,6 +278,8 @@
 Prototyping
 .LP
 Quick hacks
+.LP
+Users are ``programmers''
 
 
 .S "Avoid captive user interfaces
@@ -282,6 +289,10 @@
 Exclude the user whenever possible
 .LP
 Automate
+.LP
+How does it scale?
+.LP
+Bloat
 
 
 .S "Make every program a filter
@@ -291,6 +302,8 @@
 Combine programs
 .LP
 Have one common interface
+.LP
+Toolchests
 
 
 
@@ -301,22 +314,23 @@
 .LP
 How to reformat the output of find(1) to have ``FILENAME PATH''
 instead of ``PATH/FILENAME''?
-
 .LP
 The ``easy'' way:
 \f(CWfind /dir -printf "%P %h\en"\fP
-
 .LP
 The ``good'' way:
 .br
 .CW "\s-1find /dir | sed 's,\e(.*\e)/\e(.*\e),\e2 \e1,'
-
 .LP
 The difference shows off when one wants, for instance,
 the path to be manipulated further.
+.LP
+.sp 3
+Source (in German):
+.CW "\s-1http://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=117683
 
 
-.S "various
+.S "Various
 .LP
 Who uses
 .CW "grep -R
@@ -366,18 +380,18 @@
 
 
 
-.P "Some final thoughts
+.P "Final thoughts
 
 
-.S "Say no!
+.S "Say no
 .LP
-In today's computer world, the Unix Phil is often asceticism
+In today's computer world, following the Unix Phil means often asceticism
 .LP
 One needs to abjure a lot of ``nice'' features
 .LP
-Actually it is abjuring the bad solutions
+Actually, it is abjuring the *bad* features
 .LP
-IMO that leads to a valuable attitude
+Leads to a valuable attitude, IMO
 .LP
 .sp 2
 Transfer it to your everyday life
@@ -406,21 +420,24 @@
 Transfer it to your everyday life
 
 
-.S "Live it!
+.S "Live it
 .LP
-The Unix Phil is not just a few guidelines
+The Unix Phil is more than just a few guidelines
 .LP
-You cannot follow just some of the tenets
+You cannot follow only some of the tenets
 .LP
-You will not understand the Unix Phil when you don't engage with it
-.sp 3
+To understand the Unix Phil, you need to engage with it
 .LP
+.sp 4
 .ce
+.B
 It's a philosophy \(en live it!
 
 
 
-.P "Appendix
+
+
+.P "References
 
 
 .S Literature
@@ -436,9 +453,10 @@
 A Bible for Unix-lovers.
 .I
 ``\fBThe Mythical Man-Month\fP''
+and ``\fBNo Silver Bullet\fP''
 by Fred Brooks
 .br
-The case about complexity.
+About complexity in software development.
 .I
 ``\fBThe Practice of Programming\fP''
 by Kernighan and Pike