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		silentbicycle on June 22, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask YC: What Does "Taste and Style in Programming"... Qmail, both at a source level and the way the overall system fits together. See also: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GreatProgramsToRead and the linked pages, which discuss your question further.

rsheridan6 on June 23, 2008 [–]

I thought of qmail and some of djb's other code too. He has an idiosyncratic but apparently effective way of doing things.

I also like Scheme48.

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