Comment on The Art of Unix ProgrammingparentComments−Confusion14yThis seems hard to reconcile with the commonly accepted notion that unix is an example of 'worse is better'.−Drbble14y'Worse is better' means that simple and quick to market but flawed is better than complex and correct but slow to market. 'Complicated and flawed' has no place in that debate.−[deleted]14y[deleted]−neilk14yImperfection has better survival characteristics than perfection. The essay below describes how Unix won and LISP Machines faded away.http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
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This seems hard to reconcile with the commonly accepted notion that unix is an example of 'worse is better'.
'Worse is better' means that simple and quick to market but flawed is better than complex and correct but slow to market. 'Complicated and flawed' has no place in that debate.
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Imperfection has better survival characteristics than perfection. The essay below describes how Unix won and LISP Machines faded away.
http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html