"Although Thompson is now 80 years old, he most recently worked at Google, where he co-developed Go… although his hiring caused problems: he refused to take the company's mandatory C proficiency test, on the feeble pretext that he designed the C language."
UNIX co-creator Ken Thompson is… <em>a what user</em>? • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/17/ken_thompson_is_a_maccie/
@jimdonegan @malkz Funny that we have #UNIX because #KenThompson’s wife took a 3 week vacation without him.
Lion's commentary on UNIX book
with source code
foreword by Dennis Richie
#johnlions #unix #sourcecode #dennisritchie #KenThompson #book
#johnlions #unix #sourcecode #dennisritchie #KenThompson #book
Legendary #UNIX paper by #DennisRitchie and #KenThompson explaining #OperatingSystem principles which are still valid as of today:
#unix #dennisritchie #KenThompson #operatingsystem #vintagecomputing