changeset 26:b368ff5cdb5f

added literature; some minor rework
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:40:05 +0100
parents e6ac51dc18bf
children e8adc3571e8c
files unix-phil-slides.ms
diffstat 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/unix-phil-slides.ms	Sun Mar 07 18:13:30 2010 +0100
+++ b/unix-phil-slides.ms	Sun Mar 07 22:40:05 2010 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 the Unix Philosophy
 .br
 .vs -4
-\fR\s-6(still) matters\s0\fP
+\fR\s-6still matters\s0\fP
 .AU
 .ft R
 .sp 1.2i
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .I
 introduce the Unix Phil
 .I
-explain why most modern software is crap
+show that most modern software is crap
 .I
 explain why the Unix Phil leads to better software
 .I
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 .LP
 avoid complexity first and foremost
 .LP
-complexity is the ``boss enemy'' software developers fight against
+complexity is the ``boss enemy'', software developers fight against
 .LP
 strive for simplicity, clarity, generality
 
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@
 .LP
 we don't need just solutions, we need good ones
 .LP
-today, we can make things possible,
-but we still cannot make them good
+today, we can make almost everything possible,
+but we still cannot make it good
 
 
 .S "live it
@@ -427,17 +427,31 @@
 
 .S literature
 .I
-``\fBText Processing and Typesetting with Unix\fP''
-by Barron and Rees
-explains everything pretty good (focus on
-.CW nroff )
+``\fBThe Unix Philosophy\fP''
+by Mike Gancarz
+.br
+Go and get it!
+.I
+``\fBThe Unix Programming Environment\fP''
+by Kernighan and Pike
+.br
+A Bible for Unix-lovers.
 .I
-``\fBHeirloom Documentation Tools Nroff/Troff User's Manual\fP''
-by Ossanna, Kernighan, and Ritter
-is more a technical reference
+``\fBThe Mythical Man-Month\fP''
+by Fred Brooks
+.br
+The case about complexity.
 .I
-Various documents collected on
-.CW \s-2http://troff.org\s+2
+``\fBThe Practice of Programming\fP''
+by Kernighan and Pike
+.br
+How good code should look like.
+.I
+``\fBcat -v Considered Harmful\fP''
+by Pike and Kernighan
+.CW \s-2http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/\s+2
+.br
+A must-read.
 
 
 .S