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'''''The Tao of Programming''''' is a book written in 1987 by [[Geoffrey_James_(journalist)|Geoffrey James]]. Written in a [[tongue-in-cheek]] style spoof of classic [[Taoist]] texts such as the ''[[Tao Te Ching]]'' and ''[[Zhuangzi (book)|Zhuangzi]]'' which belies its serious message, it consists of a series of short anecdotes divided into nine "books":<ref>{{Cite web|last=James| first=Geoffrey |url=http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html|title=The Tao of Programming}}</ref>

{{citazione|«''The wise programmer is told about Tao and follows it. The average programmer is told about Tao and searches for it. The foolish programmer is told about Tao and laughs at it.''»|}}

'''''The Tao of Programming''''' is a book written in 1987 by [[Geoffrey_James_(journalist)|Geoffrey James]]. Written in a [[tongue-in-cheek]] style spoof of classic [[Taoist]] texts such as the ''[[Tao Te Ching]]'' and ''[[Zhuangzi (book)|Zhuangzi]]'' which belies its serious message, it consists of a series of short anecdotes divided into nine "books":<ref>http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html</ref>

* ''The Silent Void''

* ''The Ancient Masters''

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* ''Epilogue''

Geoffrey James wrote two other books on this theme, ''[[The Zen of Programming]]'' (978-0931137099) in 1988 and ''[[Computer Parables: Enlightenment in the Information Age]]'' (978-0931137136) in 1989.

==See also==

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==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html The Tao of Programming]

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