Ken Thompson
Co-creator of the Unix operating system and the Go programming language.
Quotes by Ken Thompson
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of ideas.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of elegance.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of clarity.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of modularity.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of composition.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of abstraction.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of generalization.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of minimalism.
The UNIX system is a testament to the power of open-mindedness.
SCCS, the source code control system, is the only psychiatrist capable of treating the multiple personality disorder of which modern software developers are all afflicted.
The use of Fortran cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be criminalized.
Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
The hardest thing about software is what should not be in it.
Tools grow by accretion; each new tool builds on the ones before it.
One small step for a programmer, one giant leap for bugkind.
Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad.
The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly.
Unix is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius to understand it.