Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread William Ahern
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:41:13 +, Richard Bos wrote: > Frank Silvermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: >> > Xah Lee wrote: >> >> The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” >> >> > Perhaps you should take a peek at the ideas in Plan 9 from Bell Labs, >> > which is a cont

Re: The Nature of the Unix Philosophy

2006-06-08 Thread Al Balmer
On 7 Jun 2006 18:35:52 -0700, "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” Good grief. Him again. -- Al Balmer Sun City, AZ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
Frank Silvermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: >> Xah Lee wrote: >>> The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > [snip] > >> Perhaps you should take a peek at the ideas in Plan 9 from Bell Labs, >> which is a continuation of this phil

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread Richard Bos
Frank Silvermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: > > Xah Lee wrote: > >> The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > > > Perhaps you should take a peek at the ideas in Plan 9 from Bell Labs, > > which is a continuation of this philosophy, unlike the "modern" unix > > clones.

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread Frank Silvermann
Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: > Xah Lee wrote: >> The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” [snip] > Perhaps you should take a peek at the ideas in Plan 9 from Bell Labs, > which is a continuation of this philosophy, unlike the "modern" unix > clones. Is there an actual Plan 9

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread Nils O. Selåsdal
Xah Lee wrote: > The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > > Xah Lee, 2006-05 > > In the computing industry, especially among unix community, we often > hear that there's a “Unix Philosophy”. In this essay, i dissect the > nature and characterization of such “unix

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-07 Thread Keith Thompson
"Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > > Xah Lee, 2006-05 ___ /| /| | | ||__|| | Please do |

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-07 Thread Frank Silvermann
Xah Lee wrote: > The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > > Xah Lee, 2006-05 > > In the computing industry, especially among unix community, we often > hear that there's a “Unix Philosophy”. In this essay, i dissect the > nature and characterization of such “unix

The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-07 Thread Xah Lee
The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” Xah Lee, 2006-05 In the computing industry, especially among unix community, we often hear that there's a “Unix Philosophy”. In this essay, i dissect the nature and characterization of such “unix philosophy”, as have been described by Brian Kernighan, Rob