[Gllug] re: apostrophy - use thereof

[Nix]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Mark Hill stated:
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 09:36:32PM +0100, Nix wrote:
>> Aren't all computerish folk at least vaguely interested in language?
>> (Those who don't approach it as if it were maths: and many of *those*
>> are driven from Unix in disgust at its chaotic structure :)) )
> 
> Perhaps people interested in language are more interested in a
> command-line system than say Windows? There's an article talking about
> this in the following link, which some people might like:

Yes, that's very likely. (So obvious I, er, didn't see it...)

> The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature
> <http://www.insecure.org/stf/scoville_unix_as_literature.txt>

Excellent stuff; all agreed.

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