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by askar_yu 2370 days ago
One of the most insightful pieces from the article:

""" "I realized at that point that there was a huge ecological niche between the C language and Unix shells," says Wall.

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"People are always looking for the interstices," says Wall. "They are always looking for the new ecological niches. And the speed with which you can move into those ecological niches is really important, because the first person into a niche is often the winner." """