According to Dennis Ritchie himself , UNIX Manual was born as a documentation project very seriously. This extra effort was taken in its elegance often documenting code was corrected so that "shone well" in the pages of the Manual.
Since then, all UNIX system (or clone) is equipped with an electronic help system called "Man Pages", the structure that respects the original 1972 manual. And not only the structure but also much of its content, such as the command forgotten DC (Desktop Calculator).
The fact that a double serve Manual to document what has been done and guide what is done, it seemed an idea worth is taken and that is how I added to official site of Heritage / 1 a series of "books" called respectively: "Operator's Manual" "Engineer's Handbook" and "Programmer's Manual."
These days I have devoted much time to structure and generate content for Engineer's Manual. I'm sure someone will read it, but as serious documentation of the project and as a reference for myself, there is very good, as I watch.
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