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This is the Unix philosophy. Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.

Douglas McIlroy

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Douglas McIlroy
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Mathematician
Programmer
University Teacher
the United States of America
Malcolm Douglas McIlroy
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Text
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