Bob Williams wrote:
On 14/06/12 14:59, Anton Aylward wrote:
Perhaps Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning was the Command Line" need updating as so much of it is now out of date http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
Fascinating document, and actually not very out-of-date, considering it was written in 1999.
Bob
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