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Unix philosophy

The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It is based on the experience of leading developers of the Unix operating system. Early Unix developers were important in bringing the concepts of modularity and reusability into software engineering…

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related to Eric Raymond's 17 Unix Rules · 11
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related to Doug McIlroy on Unix programming · 5
Unix philosophy → Bell Labs Computing Sciences, Beyond, McIlroy, Research Center, Unix

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