In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises. Ken Thompson amusecollegeexercise Change image and share on social
One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. Ken Thompson 000codeday Change image and share on social
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. Ken Thompson codecreatetotally Change image and share on social
We have persistant objects, they're called files. Ken Thompson callfileobject Change image and share on social
That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty. Ken Thompson beautybringcollaboration Change image and share on social
I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems. Ken Thompson couplefilememory Change image and share on social
I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. Ken Thompson biodiversitybookconserve Change image and share on social
I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different. Ken Thompson datuminstructionprogram Change image and share on social
