In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.
When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
When in doubt, use brute force.
- Ken Thompson
I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. - Ken Thompson
I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.
If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. - Ken Thompson
If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there.
I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less. - Ken Thompson
I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.
No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code. - Ken Thompson
No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.
It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas. - Ken Thompson
It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. - Ken Thompson
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.
I am a very bottom-up thinker. - Ken Thompson
I am a very bottom-up thinker.
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular. - Ken Thompson
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
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