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%SECTION0{name=UnixPhilosophy}% The Unix Philosophy


_"The Unix philosophy is a set of cultural norms and philosophical_ %BR%
_approaches to developing software based on the experience of leading_ %BR%
_developers of the Unix operating system."_, from Wikipedia. %BR%

 -> It is _more_ than simply best practices

*Some important aspects:*
   * _everything is a file_ 
   * "Make each program do one thing well." (Doug McIlroy)
   * small, sharp and interconnected tools
   * _mechanism, not policy_
   * avoid premature optimization
   * build prototypes
   * rule of silence
   * "Data dominates", Rob Pike
   * "When in doubt, use brute force", Ken Thompson
   * small is beautiful: "it's LOC spent, not produced", Edsger W. Dijkstra
   * KISS

(mostly from "The Art of Unix Programming", Eric S. Raymond)

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