a unix approach is good guidance:
do a small, good thing. [0]
accept input from
and provide output to
other small good things.
be verbose or quiet when asked.
smcnally
[0] A Small, Good Thing – Raymond Carver
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/sgthing.html
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
Henry Spencer
(VIA THE INTERNET)
(Usenet signature, November 1987)
Worse ways to spend a night, puttin’ shoulder to a fuckin’ idea.
Al Swearengen
Respect the elders. Embrace the new. Encourage the impractical and improbable, without bias.
David Fricke
