What did Ken Thompson mean by: In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own. - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA Copy
+ If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Programming, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ It’s always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Brilliant, Ideas, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ You can’t trust code that you did not totally create yourself. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Code, Programming, Trust, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Levels, Scrutiny, Source, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Book, Ideas, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ When in doubt, use brute force. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Ken Thompson, Doubt, Programming, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it. Feraz Zeid, September 7, 2023December 26, 2023, Ken Thompson, Rooms, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ A well installed microcode bug will be almost impossible to detect. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Ken Thompson, Bugs, Impossible, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience – a non-art-world audience. - Jenny Holzer Artist
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Art takes different forms… But it represents something that is basic in all of us-our history. - George Clooney Actor · USA
If you want to explore, go do it. If you want to try different types of art, do it. - Lights Singer-songwriter · Canada
