[TUHS] Who stated that the power of Unix stems from the wise choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation of special cases

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Diomidis Spinellis <dds at aueb.gr>

    > I seem to recall reading that the power of Unix stems from the wise
    > choice of a few design principles rather than the endless accumulation
    > of special cases. However, I cannot find where this is stated.

I think you're thinking of something in the CACM paper:

  https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.html

"The success of Unix lies not so much in new inventions but rather in the
full exploitation of a carefully selected set of fertile ideas"

	Noel