“There is more Unix-nature in one line of shell script than there is in ten thousand lines of C.”
https://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/ten-thousand.h...
Fantastic little read that brightened my morning (during a boring meeting).
> The Master was explaining the nature of Tao to one of his novices. > > "The Tao is embodied in all software -- regardless of how insignificant," said the Master. > > "Is the Tao in a hand-held calculator?" asked the novice. > > "It is," came the reply. > > "Is the Tao in a video game?" asked the novice. > > "It is even in a video game," said the Master. > > "Is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?" asked the novice. > > The Master coughed and shifted his position slightly. "The lesson is over for today," he said.