UNIX memoir, in first person

Protagonista: Ken Thompson
Año: 2024
País: Argentina
Género: Documental
Track: Development
Idioma: Inglés

Una entrevista con Ken Thompson sobre los comienzos de su carrera y los orígenes de UNIX.

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Sobre Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson

Co-creator of UNIX

Ken Thompson, co-creator of the UNIX operating system. While working at bell labs, Ken designed and implemented the UNIX operating system which revolutionized the computing industry. He also created of the B programming language (a precursor to C) as well as UTF-8 encoding which made it possible for computers to display and exchange data in multiple languages. Later in his career he co-created of Go programming language. Widely regarded as one of the greatest computer programmers of all time, Thompson is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Medal of Technology, the Japan Prize and the Turing Award.