Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!claris!apple!motcsd!hpda!hpcuhc!hpsemc!gph From: gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: The Tao of Programming Message-ID: <570027@hpsemc.HP.COM> Date: 7 Aug 89 18:21:22 GMT References: <1989Aug4.073731.1087@ctr.columbia.edu> Organization: HP Technology Access Center, Cupertino, CA Lines: 30 seth@ctr.columbia.edu (Seth Robertson) writes: >In article <4036@cps3xx.UUCP> usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes: >>in article <1989Aug4.073731.1087@ctr.columbia.edu>, seth@ctr.columbia.edu (Seth Robertson) says: >>> >>> This is not a technical article, so be warned. >> >>It also isn't public domain! > > > >I found this in a desk drawer. It was mailed from someone who no >longer works where it was mailed from to a former employee here at >Columbia. > >It was a copy of a posted article to Usenet >(<8807131515.AA07928@rryxe.UUCP>) All I did was recopy it, fix some >grammatical and spelling errors, typeset it, and (re)post it. > >That is all I know of its history. I really had no idea it was >actually part of a book, but we can say it was for review purposes. >(e.g. if you liked this, go out and get the book, which John H. >Lawitzke claims is also called "The Tao of >Programming.") Bummer, Seth. Ignorance of the law, etc. I hope the publishers don't decide to sue (actually, the author has little to say about it). You are probably already in amazingly hot water. Good luck, guy. Let us know how it turns out!