Summary of classic the worse-is-better vs. the-right-thing discussion by Richard P. Gabriel.
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The first edition of the Unix Programmer's Manual, dated November 3, 1971, is available here in image, Postscript, and PDF format. Return with us to the golden days of yesteryear!
web-based source code browser for historic unix versions with comments from the gurus
linux kernel internals for enthusiasts (yr. 1999 / kernel 2.0.33)