The Tao of Programming (1987)

Re:The Tao of Programming (1987) by peterwwillis on Monday January 28, 2019 @09:45PM (#19023275)

Or get it in HTML: http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html

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Re:The Tao of Programming (1987) by yellowapple on Monday January 28, 2019 @09:57PM (#19023335)

And without the various typos, to boot.

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Re:The Tao of Programming (1987) by kiddico on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @12:20PM (#19028044)

Said typos are (for the most part) on purpose.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19024327

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Re:The Tao of Programming (1987) by yellowapple on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @02:27PM (#19029131)

If they were deliberate, then that would imply that their existence is perfection. To recognize that the typos were accidental mistakes by the human typing them is to recognize the Tao.

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Re:The Tao of Programming (1987) by venuur on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:11AM (#19025422)

Much better! The OP’s version was not very mobile friendly.

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