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Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson

American Scientist

Born: Feb 4, 1943

Am Because Code Good Will You

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When in doubt, use brute force. Ken Thompson

Doubt Brute Brute Force Force When In Doubt Use

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals. Ken Thompson

Wanted Avoid Special

You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself. Ken Thompson

You Trust Yourself Totally Did Create Code

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening. Ken Thompson

Work Myself Gardening Job Reading Increasingly Relevant Part Academic Scientific Were Up Literature Really Keep Found Things

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas. Ken Thompson

Good Something Take Develops Ideas Always View

We have persistant objects, they're called files. Ken Thompson

Objects Files

A well installed microcode bug will be almost impossible to detect. Ken Thompson

Impossible Will Detect Almost Well Bug

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. Ken Thompson

Book Conserving Idea Also How Should Why Biodiversity

I am a programmer. Ken Thompson

Am Programmer

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week. Ken Thompson

Day Me Book Job Finished Took Week Write Day Job Another Still Years Five Which Next Ground Full-Time Why Ear

If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. Ken Thompson

Best You Somewhere Way Best Way Go Get Want

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. Ken Thompson

Heroes Press Television Kids Make Calling Hand Movies Them Whiz

One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't. Ken Thompson

Garden Perfect Overnight Which Created

So maybe I can go back to being a Gardeners' World addict again. Ken Thompson

World Addict Back Go Maybe Being Again Gardener

The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden. Ken Thompson

Garden About Knows His Going Little Average Gardener Her

There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data. Ken Thompson

Power Data Generating Executing Lot

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