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Brian Kernighan (Coined Word “Unix”) Interviews Ken Thompson (Co-Invented Unix)

2 pointsby alisterabout 6 years ago

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alisterabout 6 years ago
The interview starts at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o&amp;t=450s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o&amp;t=450s</a><p>Brian Kernighan coined the word “Unix” and is the “K” in K&amp;R (co-author of the The C Programming Language book).<p>Ken Thompson co-invented Unix.<p>Full of funny anecdotes like needing 3 weeks to write the kernel and serendipitously his wife was going on vacation for 3 weeks.