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Make and the Invention of Reproducible Build Automation
Stuart Feldman's Make turned software construction into a dependency problem: describe what files depend on what, and let a tool determine which commands must run after a change.
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Tag: unix
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Unix and the Architecture of Small Tools, Processes, and Pipes
Unix turned a small Bell Labs operating-system project into a durable model built around processes, files, composable tools and a portable implementation in C.
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C, Unix, and the Language That Made Systems Software Portable
C emerged alongside Unix at Bell Labs and helped demonstrate that operating systems could be written in a high-level language without giving up close control of the machine.
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Unix and C: Portability Becomes a Design Philosophy
Unix and C were not just successful technologies. Together they made portability, composability, and a programmer-centered environment into a durable software culture.
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