What did Ken Thompson mean by: Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it. - 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 is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Criminals, Hackers, Serious, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, College, Exercise, Games, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ When in doubt, use brute force. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Ken Thompson, Doubt, Programming, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
+ There’s a lot of power in executing data – generating data and executing data. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Ken Thompson, Data, Power, 0 - Ken Thompson Computer scientist · USA
A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That’s all any room is. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
When she is alone in the rooms I hear her humming to keep herself from thinking. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I write pretty much anywhere – on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house. - Jeffery Deaver Author · USA
I always work in a room where there’s no Internet to keep from being distracted so easily. - Jeffrey Eugenides Author