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The Unix Koans of Master Foo

http://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/

Rootless Root

Eric Steven Raymond

Thyrsus Enterprises

<esr@thyrsus.com>

Revision History
Revision 1.8                         2016-04-17                      esr
Removed "Master Foo and the Editor Wars", as itb turned out not to be original.
Revision 1.8                         2016-01-05                      esr
Add "Master Foo and Recruiter", channelled by Paul Parks.
Revision 1.7                         2015-07-24                      esr
Add "Master Foo and the Editor Wars". From a somewhat garbled koan recovered by
Steven Vaughan-Nichols and posted to G+.
Revision 1.6                         2014-08-26                      esr
Add "Master Foo and the Hardware Designer". From an idea by Bob "The Grumpy
Programmer" Pendleton.
Revision 1.5                         2013-07-14                      esr
Add "Master Foo and the Programming Prodigy". From an idea by Patrick Verhagen.
Revision 1.4                         2008-01-12                      esr
Add "Master Foo and the Nervous Novice". Original by Feba Thatl, editing and
adaptation by ESR.
Revision 1.3                         2007-12-29                      esr
Add "Master Foo and the Shell Tools", "Master Foo and the Old Hand", "Master
Foo Discourses on Returning to Windows", and "Master Foo and the MCSE".
Originals by Christoph Moder, editing and adaptation by ESR.
Revision 1.2                         2003-04-17                      esr
Add "Master Foo discourses on the Unix Nature" and "Master Foo and the Unix
Zealot."
Revision 1.1                         2003-04-15                      esr
Add "Master Foo discourses on the Graphical User Interface" and "Master Foo and
the Methodologist."
Revision 1.0                         2003-04-11                      esr
Initial version; four koans.

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Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction

Master Foo and the Ten Thousand Lines

Master Foo and the Script Kiddie

Master Foo Discourses on the Two Paths

Master Foo and the Methodologist

Master Foo Discourses on the Graphical User Interface

Master Foo and the Old Hand

Master Foo and the Shell Tools

Master Foo and the Nervous Novice

Master Foo and the Recruiter

Master Foo Discourses on Returning to Windows

Master Foo and the Unix Zealot

Master Foo Discourses on the Unix-Nature

Master Foo and the MCSE

Master Foo and the End User

Master Foo and the Programming Prodigy

Master Foo and the Hardware Designer