[AktiviX] The Art of Unix Programming
Alan Dawson
aland at burngreave.net
Wed Dec 17 22:38:24 UTC 2003
Apologies if this is an eggsucking grandma post
Eric Raymond, the author of much Gnu and Open source software
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond, has released his latest book
'the art of unix programming' on the web ..
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/
It rocks .. I've just read the half the first chapter and had a 1/2 bottle of
wine, whilst listening to trollyd - http://www.burngreave.net/~trollyd -
beatz not bombz 1 mp3 -
http://ftp.radio4all.net/pub/archive/03.28.03/bnb01.mp3 , and I'm going to
rewrite all my work code (caveat - windows stuff, and I'm a piss poor coder)
around the unix philosophy
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html
The history stuff is pretty interesting also, and when he compares the other
operating systems he dosn't like windows!.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch03s02.html#nt_contrast
especially the centralising function of the registry.
you could also read the unix haters handbook
http://www.burngreave.net/~aland/it/linux/uhh.pdf for a an alternative
alternative laugh
I guess it also applies to that revolutionary organisation too, Get a strong
cell system going, keep it simple, expect to work with others, get a big
organisation only when it is clear by demonstration that nothing else will
do...
'kin trotskymaxistleniniststalinistmaoistblairdimwits .. where's me kroneing
tool
AED
--
"The long revolution is creating small federated microsocieties, true guerilla
cells practising and fighting for this self-management. Effective radicality
authorises all variations and guarantees every freedom. "
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