Contents
1. Philosophy: Philosophy Matters
1.3 The Case against Learning Unix Culture
1.5.2 Cross-Platform Portability and Open Standards
1.5.3 The Internet and the World Wide Web
1.5.4 The Open-Source Community
1.5.5 Flexibility All the Way Down
1.5.7 The Lessons of Unix Can Be Applied Elsewhere
1.6 Basics of the Unix Philosophy
1.6.1 Rule of Modularity: Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces.
1.6.2 Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness.
1.6.3 Rule of Composition: Design programs to be connected with other programs.
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