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I learned the UNIX shell and C programming in Coherent. Its high quality manual was legendary - nothing comes close to it today. It's amazing that this OS and d
by corherentuser 3y ago
I learned the UNIX shell and C programming in Coherent. Its high quality manual was legendary - nothing comes close to it today. It's amazing that this OS and documentation could have been done with such limited resources. So much value for $99. The Coherent book is still on my bookshelf and I crack it open from time to time and smile. Good memories.
- nigel_bree 3y agoThe classic "Nautilus" manual was really interesting on two sides; one was the quality of the writing, which was all down to Fred Butzen - he just had a real knack for clarity and working with him on documenting the work I did during the 4.0 process was really enjoyable. Basically the process was that developers would write up drafts of everything to give to him, and he'd then edit them for clarity before passing them back for an iteration to ensure that none of the accuracy was lost. He just had an excellent sense of when there was going to be a better explanation than the classic dry manpage style. The other notable thing about that manual was just the economics of getting a perfect-bound book of that sheer size printed and included in the USD99 price tag.
- icedchai 3y agoThe documentation was incredible! I ran Coherent when I was in high school and that's how I learned "Unix" and C programming, before moving to Linux.