Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:34:43 -0500
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net, editors@linuxtoday.com, malda@slashdot.org, editor@linux.com,
Subject: Chapters 3 and 4 of "The Art of Unix Programming" Released

Many of you know that I have been working on a book which is an attempt 
to capture much of the unwritten engineering lore of the Unix community.
I welcome comments and feedback on "The Art of Unix Programming"; like 
"The New Hacker's Dictionary", it's a book that can only achieve its goals
by reflecting and focusing the wisdom of our entire community.

I have released Chapters 3 and 4 of the draft of "The Art of Unix Programming"
at the usual location:

	http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/taoup/

Chapter 1 has two new sections: "What Unix Got Wrong" and "Flexibility
In Depth".  Chapter 2 has minor revisions.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

Hoplophobia (n.): The irrational fear of weapons, correctly described by 
Freud as "a sign of emotional and sexual immaturity".  Hoplophobia, like
homophobia, is a displacement symptom; hoplophobes fear their own
"forbidden" feelings and urges to commit violence.  This would be
harmless, except that they project these feelings onto others.  The
sequelae of this neurosis include irrational and dangerous behaviors
such as passing "gun-control" laws and trashing the Constitution.