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- From: jc@sci.kun.nl (Jan Christiaan van Winkel (ATC))
- Subject: Re: What must I learn to become a wizard?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.084457.15865@sci.kun.nl>
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- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- References: <1992Jul30.224133.7281@u.washington.edu> <19881@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 08:44:57 GMT
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- I found this on the net a loooooong time ago:
-
- The UNIX Hierarchy
- ==================
-
- NAME DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES
- ---- ------------------------
-
- wizard - writes device drivers with `cat >'
- - fixes bugs by patching the binaries
- - can answer any question before you ask
- - writes his own troff macro packages
- - is on first-name basis with Dennis, Bill, and Ken
-
- for your amusement, I have included the aother categories below:
-
- beginner - insecure with the concept of a terminal
- - has yet to learn the basics of vi
- - has not figured out how to get a directory
- - still has trouble with typing <RETURN>
- after each line of input
-
- novice - knows tha `ls' will produce a directory
- - uses the editor, but calls it `vye'
- - has heard of `C' but never used it
- - has had his first bad experience with rm
- - is wondering how to read his mail
- - is wondering why the person next to him
- seems to like Unix so very much.
-
- user - uses vi and nroff, but inexpertly
- - has heard of regular-expr.s but never seen one.
- - has figured out that `-' precedes options
- - has attempted to write a C program and has
- decided to stick with pascal
- - is wondering how to move a directory
- - thinks that dbx is a brand of stereo component
- - knows how to read his mail and is wondering
- how to read the news
-
- knowlegable - uses nroff with no trouble, and is beginning
- user to learn tbl and eqn
- - uses grep to search for fixed strings
- - has figured out that mv(1) will move directories
- - has learned that "learn" doesn't help
- - somebody has shown him how to write C programs
- - once used sed to do some text substitution
- - has seen dbx used but does not use it himself
- - thinks that make is a only for wimps
-
- expert - uses sed when necessary
- - uses macro's in vi, uses ex when neccesary
- - posts news at every possible opportunity
- - write csh scripts occasionally
- - write C programs using vi and compiles with cc
- - has figured out what `&&' and '||' are for
- - thinks that human history started with '!h'
-
- hacker - uses sed and awk with comfort
- - uses undocumented features of vi
- - write C code with `cat >' and compiles with '!cc'
- - uses adb because he doesn't trust source debuggers
- - can answer questions about the user environment
- - writes his own nroff macros to supplement std. ones
- - write scripts for Bourne shell (/bin/sh)
- - knows how to install bug fixes
-
- guru - uses m4 and lex with comfort
- - writes assembly code with `cat >'
- - uses adb on the kernel while system is loaded
- - customizes utilities by patching the source
- - reads device driver source with his breakfast
- - can answer any unix question after a little thought
- - uses make for anything that requires two or more
- distinct commands to achieve
- - has learned how to breach security but no longer
- needs to try
-
- --
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