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Reminds me of Neal Stephenson’s great essay, ”In the Beginning Was the Command Line”. http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/info/commandline.html http://cristal.inria.
by cpach 10y ago
Reminds me of Neal Stephenson’s great essay, ”In the Beginning Was the Command Line”.
http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/info/commandline.html http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/info/commandline.html
- erelde 10y agoI've made an .epub of this, because I don't have time to read it yet. If someone else wants to read that more comfortably later tonight: https://www.dropbox.com/s/143tu70gxc40qvi/In.The.Beginning.Was.The.Command.Line.epub?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/143tu70gxc40qvi/In.The.Beginning.W... _(no guarantee on the conversion quality)_
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoIBWCL is REQUIRED reading for anybody intending to study compsci or work with computers in any capacity. It's dated, but it explains the principles of open source, UI, and abstraction clearly and simply. These are all things that you Need to Know.