When Bell Labs, where Unix was developed, wanted to integrate Web programming standards into Unix, it called Morris, then age 17.

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"Mac OSX is attractive to developers because they can access not only the core programming languages but also the large selection of Unix libraries that are available, " he said.

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Although O'Reilly concentrated mainly on the UNIX market for years, the rise of Internet has shot such titles as Learning Perl and Programming Perl to cult status.

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