Category Archives: BOOK 1

1.2

June 11, 2008 – 9:52 am

The Tao gave birth to machine language.  Machine language
gave birth to the assembler.
The assembler gave birth to the compiler.  Now there are ten
thousand languages.
Each language has its purpose, however humble.  Each
language expresses the Yin and Yang of software.  Each
language has its place within the Tao.
But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.

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1.1

June 11, 2008 – 8:39 am

Something mysterious is formed, born in the silent void. 
Waiting alone and unmoving,
it is at once still and yet in constant motion. 
It is the source of all programs. 
I do not know its name, so I will call it
the Tao of Programming.
If the Tao is great, then the operating system is great.
If the operating system is great, [...]

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The Silent Void

June 11, 2008 – 8:32 am

Thus spake the Master Programmer:  
“When you have learned to snatch the error code from the trap frame, it will be time for you to leave.”

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