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''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)
''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)
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"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the UNIX story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
--Eric S. Raymond
--Eric S. Raymond
"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination."
--Frederick P. Brooks
"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ''ideas''."
--G. H. Hardy


"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."
"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."