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Simple processes that perform a well-defined job. Programs which can be easily modified by people other than the developer. Composable pieces. http://en.wiki
by simtel20 12y ago
Simple processes that perform a well-defined job. Programs which can be easily modified by people other than the developer. Composable pieces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy.
What is the unix way from your perspective?
- tedunangst 12y agoPerhaps it was "too unix". Too simple processes performing too narrowly specified jobs. It made the whole apparatus difficult to put into operation because of all the moving parts. It'd be like a precision watch that keeps great time, but if somebody just handed you a box of 300 springs and gears, you'd probably prefer a quartz crystal.