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The Art of Unix Programming

22nd July 2003

Eric Raymond’s Art of Unix Programming is due for publication in August 2003. From skimming the online manuscript it looks like it could establish itself as a classic text book. It’s also going to be long—there’s no way I can stomach reading it from a screen so I guess I’ll have to wait until the dead tree version arrives.

Posted 22nd July 2003 at 4:19 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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