The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond is a book about the history and culture of Unix programming from its earliest days in 1969 to now, covering both genetic derivations such as BSD and conceptual ones such as Linux.

The author utilizes a comparative approach to explaining Unix by contrasting it to other operating systems including desktop-oriented ones such as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS to ones with research roots such as EROS and Plan9. The book was published by Addison-Wesley, September 17th 2003, ISBN 0131429019 and is also available online, free of charge[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/1.0/].

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The book contains many contributions, quotations and comments from UNIX gurus past and present. These are:

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