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“The only way to write complex software that won't fall on its face is to hold its global complexity down - to build it out of simple pieces connected by well-defined interfaces, so that most problems are local and you can have some hope of fixing or optimizing a part without breaking the whole”

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Eric S. Raymond
Eric S. Raymond

Eric S. Raymond, born on December 4, 1957, is a renowned programmer with a significant impact on the field of open-source software. He made important contributions to the development of the Linux kernel and is best known for his theoretical contributions to the open-source movement. Raymond's book 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' has had a profound influence on software development models. more

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Book:The Art of UNIX Programming
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