====== Unix Philosophy (Eric S. Raymond) ======

Eric S. Raymond collected the following list of principles in order to describe the unix philosophy. They belong to different [[contexts:]]. Some of them are about software design others about user interface design, others about the design of software development processes.

  * [[principles:Rule of Modularity]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Clarity]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Composition]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Separation]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Simplicity]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Parsimony]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Transparency]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Robustness]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Representation]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Least Surprise]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Silence]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Repair]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Economy]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Generation]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Optimization]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Diversity]]
  * [[principles:Rule of Extensibility]]

===== Origin =====

Eric S. Raymond: //[[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/|The Art of Unix Programming]]//

===== Further Reading =====

  * [[wp>Unix_philosophy#Eric_Raymond]]
  * [[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html|The Art of Unix Programming: Basics of the Unix Philosophy]]

===== Box =====

^                                **[[collections:Unix Philosophy (Eric S. Raymond)]]      **                           ^^^^^^
^                                Rule of...                           ^^^^^^
|   [[principles:Rule of Modularity|...Modularity]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Clarity|...Clarity]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Composition|...Composition]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Separation|...Separation]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Simplicity|...Simplicity]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Parsimony|...Parsimony]]   |
|   [[principles:Rule of Transparency|...Transparency]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Robustness|...Robustness]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Representation|...Representation]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Least Surprise|...Least Surprise]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Silence|...Silence]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Repair|...Repair]]   |
|   [[principles:Rule of Economy|...Economy]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Generation|...Generation]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Optimization|...Optimization]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Diversity|...Diversity]]   |   [[principles:Rule of Extensibility|...Extensibility]]   |

===== Discussion =====

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