Linux and the Unix Philosophy

Contents

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xvii

Preface xix

Who will benefit from this book xxi

Chapter overviews xxii

Introduction to The Unix Philosophy xxv

1 The Unix Philosophy: A Cast of Thousands 1

1.1 The Not invented here syndrome 3

1.2 Developing Unix 4

1.3 Linux: A cast of one plus one million 5

1.4 The Unix philosophy in a nutshell 7

2 One Small Step for Humankind 13

2.1 Tenet 1: Small is beautiful 15

2.2 Software engineering made easy 17

2.3 Looking at a bug 22

2.4 Tenet 2: Make each program do one thing well 23

3 Rapid Prototyping for Fun and Profit 27

3.1 Knowledge and the learning curve 29

3.2

Tenet 3: Build a prototype as soon as possible 33

3.3

The Three ...