* [TUHS] Who stated that the power of Unix stems from the wise choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation of special cases
@ 2023-07-10 11:18 Diomidis Spinellis
2023-07-10 11:40 ` [TUHS] " arnold
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From: Diomidis Spinellis @ 2023-07-10 11:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
I seem to recall reading that the power of Unix stems from the wise
choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation
of special cases. However, I cannot find where this is stated. I tried
a Google web and a Google Scholar search using the terms "unix endless
accumulation special cases", and I also asked ChatGPT for a publication
associated with this phrase. I also searched for "special" in
D.M.Ritchie's "The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System" and "The
UNIX Time-sharing System\x14 A Retrospective". (Amazingly, both have
several parts that still highly relevant.)
Can anyone help? Am I misremembering something?
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* [TUHS] Re: Who stated that the power of Unix stems from the wise choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation of special cases
2023-07-10 11:18 [TUHS] Who stated that the power of Unix stems from the wise choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation of special cases Diomidis Spinellis
@ 2023-07-10 11:40 ` arnold
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From: arnold @ 2023-07-10 11:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: tuhs, dds
Try looking at the original 1974 CACM paper on Unix by Ken & DMR.
I suspect you'll find something like that there.
HTH,
Arnold
Diomidis Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr> wrote:
> I seem to recall reading that the power of Unix stems from the wise
> choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation
> of special cases. However, I cannot find where this is stated. I tried
> a Google web and a Google Scholar search using the terms "unix endless
> accumulation special cases", and I also asked ChatGPT for a publication
> associated with this phrase. I also searched for "special" in
> D.M.Ritchie's "The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System" and "The
> UNIX Time-sharing System␔ A Retrospective". (Amazingly, both have
> several parts that still highly relevant.)
>
> Can anyone help? Am I misremembering something?
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