From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7019 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2021 02:06:47 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Jan 2021 02:06:47 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2ACB89C7B5; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:06:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E089C641; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:06:23 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="Y78lAkvT"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5DB829C641; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:06:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-f49.google.com (mail-wm1-f49.google.com [209.85.128.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8AA9B9C5FD for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:06:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-f49.google.com with SMTP id i9so1345567wmq.1 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:06:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=zheibF8RzIUA65w5d4SrD//ihlVRfUbrdymaiu77Pnw=; b=Y78lAkvTe7s1aiKsF1WJdXAYOQjj6UmX6tbvcMB9rn4iqiYS37z8/6Mztg27XwHiqF Vfl9Np+C2Bz2HyHyMnbY0gxJNEZWPeNSbzXEGqH0Kdmj5H7WsCvq9DP82wO1ePyFEqJm zfzyAucHLiR6K8iVkIRWhJCf6KYuuicZg8Mycvak8uP5HxS7i3UUHO4MjKB30X5k0ih8 PTyzlId+LiqMCeuGP4K/v7gPajp68UlhBUPiS8heUZaZyOVufN+TfPVaeX+w6MG5/mLv Yrx+4RboCioYX5M0JPahE3cDdBUvadcEBdcyyci9AbaLlxrCc5s8+XZ5llEcDvU08yHC c1aw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=zheibF8RzIUA65w5d4SrD//ihlVRfUbrdymaiu77Pnw=; b=HXcd1Hr6aQvcDztwhPpQD0uEqudMX8kTKbjUkgep3JfWh22rrOVVXkpCISNtJmNHlC RgFzp1DtU6XKkfUmDCsBBa6uX+x2iF2Vk9fYooeQgqEbZJUJ6I/B/trOqqKN8gQ9LKZS yjmEkeAxyVsiY201gieAFaGKEhmP1Zubzs20BG04J1GRFIBS5KYR9ceJqjclLfiMGX3g e8cVlUXmel6f+fqdeRH7tr0Eebtz/l6kp7eJEF9zjpfbCQ9PRa5SCpvFAv71JzndAqfD pay/EkKLgemKQahbBcbKg1axWFYSfWBP6jBiySZYsSfkD158OWUhlNbIIDWx2gc7qRyW jjEg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531pl2QZDUboJ22jzGGwWBy7Qj+wHSiro8xm7vYmOa5AwX/f3mCk zTXEQnG17LEMU7OfhuknMJxTzTXW7KcAM+NHu7f17g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyyULQCzfmXQU/eFHACMr/GhXLn1I5KvDzThkaSZURnywn2UqrQduK5kSM/G6R8V5JWoL0jPVftyLKhrpyhANI= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:457:: with SMTP id 84mr2518814wme.148.1611626777236; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:06:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: M Douglas McIlroy Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:06:02 -0500 Message-ID: To: Steve Nickolas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009169e005b9c419b4" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Favorite unix design principles? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000009169e005b9c419b4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" It might be interesting to compare your final list with the two lists in the 1978 special issue of the BSTJ--one in the Foreword, the other in the revised version of the Ritchi/Thompson article from the CACM. How have perceptions or values changed over time? Doug On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:32 AM Steve Nickolas wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2021, Tyler Adams wrote: > > > I'm writing about my 5 favorite unix design principles on my blog this > > week, and it got me wondering what others' favorite unix design > principles > > are? For reference, mine are: > > > > - Rule of Separation (from TAOUP < > http://catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/> > > ) > > - Let the Machine Do the Dirty Work (from Elements of Programming Style) > > - Rule of Silence (from TAOUP >) > > - Data Dominates (Rob Pike #5) > > - The SPOT (Single Point of Truth) Rule (from TAOUP > > ) > > > > Tyler > > > > 1. Pipes > 2. Text as the preferred format for input and output > 3. 'Most everything as a file > 4. The idea of simple tools that are optimized for a single task > 5. A powerful scripting language built into the system that, combined with > 1-4, makes writing new tools heaps easier. > > -uso. > --0000000000009169e005b9c419b4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It might be interesting to compare your final = list with the two lists in the 1978 special issue of the BSTJ--one in the F= oreword, the other in the revised version of the Ritchi/Thompson article fr= om the CACM. How have perceptions or values changed over time?

Doug


On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:= 32 AM Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buri= c.co> wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021, Tyler Adams wrote:

> I'm writing about my 5 favorite unix design principles on my blog = this
> week, and it got me wondering what others' favorite unix design pr= inciples
> are? For reference, mine are:
>
> - Rule of Separation (from TAOUP <http://catb.org/~= esr/writings/taoup/html/>
> )
> - Let the Machine Do the Dirty Work (from Elements of Programming Styl= e)
> - Rule of Silence (from TAOUP <http://catb.org/~esr= /writings/taoup/html/>)
> - Data Dominates (Rob Pike #5)
> - The SPOT (Single Point of Truth) Rule (from TAOUP
> <http://catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/>)=
>
> Tyler
>

1. Pipes
2. Text as the preferred format for input and output
3. 'Most everything as a file
4. The idea of simple tools that are optimized for a single task
5. A powerful scripting language built into the system that, combined with =
1-4, makes writing new tools heaps easier.

-uso.
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