10 Jul
2023
10 Jul
'23
2:27 p.m.
From: Diomidis Spinellis <dds(a)aueb.gr>
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 think you're thinking of something in the CACM paper:
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.html
"The success of Unix lies not so much in new inventions but rather in the
full exploitation of a carefully selected set of fertile ideas"
Noel