10 Jul
2023
10 Jul
'23
1:18 p.m.
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?