Tom Lyon ✅Oct 27

New, long, oral history of Ken Thompson, my and everyone's hero.

From the Computer History Museum: https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks/

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A Computing Legend Speaks

Ken Thompson, one of the foremost programmers and computer scientists of the last 50 years, shares stories about his life and career in a newly released oral history.

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Fantastic stuff.

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I like that Ken got a friend in Australia interested in making LP gas potato guns. Long PVC pipe, LP gas, igniter, potatoes. What could go wrong... (... given Australian police have no sense of humor).

Oct 27 at 12:54amWeb