1 [[!meta title="In the Beginning was the Command Line"]]
2 [[!meta date="2009-03-31 19:26:53"]]
3 By Neal Stephenson. [Read it](http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html).
4 It's a bit dated, obviously, after ten years (1999), but the basic ideas are
5 still on target. Plus it's a lot of fun ;).