In this book excerpt from The Art of UNIX Programming, author Eric S. Raymond discusses the philosophy of Unix, what it got right, and what it got wrong.

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L'Unix programming contest if two programs work, how do we decide which is better? Written by Paul Murphy, Contributor Sept. 24, 2006 at 5:15 p.m. PT ...

We're getting reports today that Dennis Ritchie, the man who created the C programming language and spearheaded the development of Unix, has died at the age of 70. The sad news was first reported ...

Dennis Ritchie, the software developer who brought the world the C programming language and Unix operating system, has died at the age of 70.