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[Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>]

Michael Kay wrote:

> you're dealing here with recommendations from 50 years ago. 
> It's a bit like turning to the US Founding Fathers for wisdom 
> on software patents

I respectfully disagree. From the reading that I have done on the early days of UNIX, some very smart people developed some really good coding principles. From my perspective, those principles are timeless. For instance, does anyone disagree with this principle that they developed 50+ years ago: "A program should be viewed as just a stage in a larger process. Stages should be simple and easy to connect." 

In my opinion, an idea should be based on its merit, not its age.

/Roger