Unix philosophy/Eric S. Raymond

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I link to this so much it'd actually be good to have my own version. This is taken from the OLD wiki page here which I STILL link to! Eric S. Raymond was/is one of my heroes but I did loose a tiny bit of awe/respect when I saw him trolling on the GCC mailing list once!

Rules of the philosophy

  1. Rule of Modularity[1] - write simple parts connected by clean interfaces
  2. Rule of Clarity[1] - Clarity is better than cleverness
  3. Rule of Composition[1] - Design programs to be connected to other programs
  4. Rule of Separation[1] - Separate policy from mechanism, separate interface from engines
  5. Rule of Simplicity[1] - Design for simplicity; add complexity only when you must
  6. Rule of Parsimony[1] - Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that nothing else will do
  7. Rule of Transparency[1] - Design for visibility to make inspection and debugging easier
  8. Rule of Robustness[1] - Robustness is the child of transparency and simplicity
  9. Rule of Representation[1] - Fold knowledge into data so program logic can be stupid and robust
  10. Rule of Least Surprise[1] - In interface design, always do the least surprising thing
  11. Rule of Silence[1] - When a program has nothing surprising to say it should say nothing
  12. Rule of Repair[1] - When you must fail, do so noisily and as soon as possible
  13. Rule of Economy[1] - Programmer time is expensive, conserve it in preference to machine time
  14. Rule of Generation[1] - Avoid hand-hacking; write programs to write programs when you can
  15. Rule of Optimisation[1] - Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimise it
  16. Rule of Diversity[1] - Distrust all claims for "one true way"
  17. Rule of Extensibility[1] - Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you think

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 The Art of Unix Programming - Eric S. Raymond


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