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 - TUHS

10 Jul 2023

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  From: Diomidis Spinellis &lt;dds(a)aueb.gr&gt; 
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  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