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| | Preface to THE UNIX-HATERS HANDBOOK |
 | | Unix programs (such as the Sun window system) are stripped as a matter of course, because all the debugging information takes up disk space and slows down the booting process. |
 | | Unix applications cannot be patched either; you must have the source so you can patch THAT, and then regenerate the application from the source. |
 | | You may have deleted important files and gone for help, only to be told that it was your own fault, or, worse, a "rite of passage." You may have spent hours writing a heart-wrenching letter to a friend, only to have it lost in a mailer burp, or, worse, have it sent to somebody else. |
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