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Unix philosophy revolutionized computing: small tools that do one thing perfectly, composed via pipes. Everything is a file. Simple, elegant, eternal.

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Unix Philosophy

Design philosophy for software emphasizing simplicity, modularity, and composability. Core principles: make each program do …

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C

Dennis Ritchie's portable assembler. Unix and OS foundation. Simple core, powerful abstractions.

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Bash

Bourne Again Shell. Unix automation standard. Simple but full programming language.

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Julia

MIT's scientific computing language. Python-like syntax with C-like speed. Multiple dispatch core.

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Assembly

Symbolic machine code. One step above binary. Architecture-specific but teaches computers.

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Xerox PARC

Research and development company of Xerox Corporation. Invented graphical user interface, laser printer, Ethernet, object-oriented …

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Lisp

McCarthy's AI language. Parentheses and homoiconicity. Code is data, data is code. Influenced all modern …

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Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American programmer who created Linux kernel, powering much of modern computing infrastructure. Torvalds's pragmatic approach …

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Richard Stallman

American programmer and free software activist who founded the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation. …

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Linux Foundation

Non-profit consortium supporting open source development. Hosts Linux kernel and thousands of projects. Neutral governance …

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