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Ken Thompson quotes

American Scientist February 4, 1943

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Ken Thompson quote: "In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and..."
In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a..."
That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple..."
I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there."
If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with..."
I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself."
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It..."
It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas. Ken Thompson
I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening. Ken Thompson
I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes..."
On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and..."
I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. Ken Thompson
We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and..."
There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by..."
In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises. Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson quote: "One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which..."
One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't. Ken Thompson

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