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Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.


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This is the Unix philosophy. Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.



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As a programmer, it is your job to put yourself out of business. What you do today can be automated tomorrow.



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The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code.



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