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#Unix #Plan9
Heute hat #KenThompson seinen 82. Geburtstag.
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Ken Thompson – Wikipedia
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February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
motd.rusher.com
“One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.”
#KenThompson
July 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
rmathew4bs.bsky.social
"Interview With Ken Thompson, May 1999", Computer (www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/arch...).

Via HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3967...

#ComputerHistory #Unix #BellLabs #C #Plan9 #Limbo #Inferno #Linux #Interview #KenThompson
Computer: Interview with Ken Thompson, May 1999
www.cs.princeton.edu
March 18, 2024 at 2:28 AM
motd.rusher.com
“One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.”
#KenThompson
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
motd.rusher.com
“One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.”
#KenThompson
October 6, 2023 at 6:00 AM
redhotcyber.bsky.social
🎉 Buon Anno a tutti: 1° gennaio 1970, nasce la Unix Epoch, il punto zero del tempo informatico

📌 Link all'articolo : www.redhotcyber.com/post/sto...

#redhotcyber #news #unix #sistemaoperativo #kenThompson #dennisRitchie #premioturing #culturaglobale
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
rmathew4bs.bsky.social
At last we see how #KenThompson implemented this famous #backdoor in a #Unix #compiler for #C 😍:

“Running the ‘Reflections on Trusting Trust’ Compiler”, Russ Cox (research.swtch.com/nih).

On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3802...

On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/bsazfc/run...

#Security #Trust
research!rsc: Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler
research.swtch.com
October 28, 2023 at 1:18 PM
vintage.computer
Did you know the Unix command grep, created by Ken Thompson, stands for “Global Regular Expression Print”? It became one of the most indispensable Unix tools: small, fast, and incredibly useful. #VintageComputing #Unix #grep #KenThompson #TechHistory
Image titled “Wow That’s Fascinating – The History of the grep Command.” The design resembles a retro computer terminal screen, with green monospaced text on a black background framed by a gray border. Text reads: “Created by Ken Thompson, grep searches through text using patterns. Its name? ‘Global Regular Expression Print.’ It became a cornerstone of Unix power tools—small, fast, and devastatingly useful.” At the bottom left, in small green text, is vintage.computer, and at the bottom right is a small green computer chip icon.
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
vintage.computer
On this day in 1971, the first edition of UNIX was released. Developed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs, UNIX ran on the PDP-11 and went on to shape nearly every modern operating system. #VintageComputing #UNIX #TechHistory #KenThompson #DennisRitchie
Image titled “Milestone Monday – November 3rd, 1971.” The background features a dark, starry sky with a stylized yellow sunrise graphic at the bottom. At the top, large yellow text reads: Milestone Monday – November 3rd, 1971 To the right, text reads: “The first edition of UNIX was released on November 3rd, 1971. Developed and compiled on the PDP-7 at Bell Labs to run on the brand new (at the time) PDP-11/20 minicomputer. It was designed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, and it’s hard to overstate the influence and impact it had on all aspects of computing.” At the bottom center, the text vintage.computer appears in gold. On the left is a black-and-white photograph labeled “Ken Thompson (left) and Dennis Ritchie (right).” Both are smiling and facing the camera. Below the photo, small text credits: “http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/Unix.html
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
geegee24.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UXN7f5/
#power #conformity #obedience #passive #apathetic #consumerism #hatred #powerful
TikTok video by KenThompson
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December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
richarddean.bsky.social
www.threads.com/@kenthompson...
Ken Thompson (@kenthompson16) on Threads
Imagine a world where instead of spending trillions on war and ballrooms we provided our citizens with health care, education and food. Where the ultra wealthy paid their fair share of taxes. Where t...
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April 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
chris3943.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrASEPPq/
#religion #conformity #rebel #think #thought #philosophy #religiousthought
TikTok video by KenThompson
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November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
redhotcyber.bsky.social
16 anni di Go: un linguaggio di programmazione innovativo e scalabile

📌 Link all'articolo : www.redhotcyber.com/post/16-...

#redhotcyber #news #linguaggiog #goserver #sviluppog #robertgriesemer #robpike #kenthompson #linguaggiosemplice #veloce #versioneg #compatibilita #rilasciog #go1.0
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
apardo.spluca.org
#BSD: La historia oculta del #Unix olvidado. #BellLabs #KenThompson #Berkeley

youtube.com/watch?v=RJYe...
BSD: La Historia Oculta del Unix Olvidado
YouTube video by eminwux
youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
"You can't trust #code that you did not totally create yourself."

💻 #ComputerScience pioneer #KenThompson, co-creator of the #UNIX operating system, and #developer of the C programming language, is 82 today. #Coding #Tech
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
donkey.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Happy birthday #KenThompson - 83 years young today!
February 4, 2026 at 5:27 AM
stoweboyd.bsky.social
Talking to @kenthompson about #swarmtribes
December 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM
rmathew4bs.bsky.social
This was a well-spent 4.5 hours 🙇🏽🤩:

“Oral History Of Ken Thompson” [2025], Computer History Museum (youtu.be/OmVHkL0IWk4).

“A Computing Legend Speaks”, David Brock, CHM (computerhistory.org/blog/a-compu...).

#Unix #BellLabs #C #OralHistory #ComputerHistory #KenThompson
Oral History of Ken Thompson
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
halex9000.bsky.social
"Unix è stato costruito per me.
Non l'ho costruito come sistema operativo per altre persone.
L'ho costruito per giocare e per fare le mie cose" #KenThompson
February 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
triron.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D3PKA7/
#power #conformity #obedience #passive #apathetic #consumerism #hatred #powerful
TikTok video by KenThompson
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November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
catmcd67.bsky.social
www.threads.com/@kenthompson...
Ken Thompson (@kenthompson16) on Threads
Trump surrenders to Iran and Fox spins it as a win. If we don’t vote out Republicans in November it will just get worse.
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June 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
ivanper4.bsky.social
.@TishJames "Ken Thompson was committed to bringing equity to Brooklyn, and to making our borough safer and fairer for all." #kenthompson
February 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ivanper4.bsky.social
.@MMViverito "Ken Thompson didn't just uphold the law- he made it more fair for all Brooklynites." #kenthompson
February 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ivanper4.bsky.social
.@NYGovCuomo "Ken was a dedicated public servant who embodied the highest principles of the law, " #kenthompson
February 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
lancetay.bsky.social
#KenThompson Recalls Unix’s Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins

thenewstack.io/ken-thompson...

#Legend #Unix
Ken Thompson Recalls Unix's Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins
Ken Thompson's vivid recollection of the rowdy roomful of geeks at Bell Labs who built the digital world in a spirit of open play.
thenewstack.io
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM