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It's not just you, Henry Spencer reportedly said it (first?) in 1987. "Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." http://en.wikipe
by gvb 16y ago
It's not just you, Henry Spencer reportedly said it (first?) in 1987.
"Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Quotes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Quotes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer#cite_note-2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer#cite_note-2
- thwarted 16y agoHe was just paraphrasing the bible: "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." -- Ecclesiastes 1:9