John Lions

John Lions (19 January 1937 – 5 December 1998) was an Australian computer scientist. He is best known as the author of Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code, commonly known as the Lions Book.

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    Am I making myself clear, boys?
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    these heroic happy dead
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    He spoke. And drank rapidly a glass of water
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