“Rushing to optimize before the bottlenecks are known may be the only error to have ruined more designs than feature creep. From tortured code to incomprehensible data layouts, the results of obsessing about speed or memory or disk usage at the expense of transparency and simplicity are everywhere. They spawn innumerable bugs and cost millions of man-hours - often, just to get marginal gains in the use of some resource much less expensive than debugging time”
Quote by Eric S. Raymond
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The Art of UNIX Programming
This book delves into the principles and practices that make UNIX a powerful and flexible operating system. It covers a wide range of topics, including file systems, text processing, shell scripting, and system calls. The book is aimed at experienced programmers looking to deepen their understanding of UNIX and its associated technologies. more
Author
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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