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March 22, 2020 15:01
Some notes regarding Unix Philosophy (actually in my opinion they apply to general good programming practices) based on "The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Steven Raymond" (http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/graphics/taoup.pdf)
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| Basics of Unix philosophy: | |
| - Use simple algorithms as well as simple data structures | |
| - Data structures, not algorithms are central to programming - organise it well | |
| - Fancy algorithms are buggier than simple ones | |
| Rules: | |
| Modularity - build out simple parts connected by well defined interfaces. Be able to update/upgrade the part without breaking the whole. |