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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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