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ESR koans, more like. Has the man ever written anything which lacked barely veiled subtext of "Look how smart I am!" IMHO The Art of Unix Programming has as lit
by aaronem 13y ago
ESR koans, more like. Has the man ever written anything which lacked barely veiled subtext of "Look how smart I am!" IMHO The Art of Unix Programming has as little of that as anything of his that I've read, but only when he's relating facts; in any place where there's scope for opinion, his high opinion of himself shines forth.
- fromdoon 13y agoI had read all these, before I got to know about ESR. I was like, Wow!!, and it never ever came to my mind who wrote this or why. It was just some cool stuff and as a linux newbie I really liked these micro-stories or unix zen fables. It happens with me as well that when I read something by an author for whom I hold some kind of prejudice, my reading is maligned a bit and I wish I could see what the author had to share from a completely neutral point of view, because then in that case, what I take away from my reading would be closer to what it had meant to be for me.
- anaphor 13y agoYou might find Alan Perlis' epigrams interesting http://www.cs.yale.edu/quotes.html http://www.cs.yale.edu/quotes.html
- olalonde 13y agoI don't know much about ESR but I am pretty sure those koans are meant to be humorous.
- tankenmate 13y agoMany a truth is said in jest.