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Ken Thompson quotes: In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

Ken Thompson quotes: No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

Ken Thompson quotes: Grant, if we edited Fortran, I assume that you'd put a column thing in there.

Grant, if we edited Fortran, I assume that you'd put a column thing in there.

Ken Thompson quotes: FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

Ken Thompson quotes: For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.

For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.

Ken Thompson quotes: One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

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

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

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

We have persistant objects, they're called files.

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.

That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.

The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft-a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft-a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: I am a programmer.

I am a programmer.

Ken Thompson quotes: Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.

Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.

Ken Thompson quotes: The steady state of disks is full.

The steady state of disks is full.

Ken Thompson quotes: We have persistent objects, they're called files.

We have persistent objects, they're called files.

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

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

Ken Thompson quotes: I also enjoy writing my regular column for Organic Gardening magazine, so I may do more of that sort of thing in the future, if anybody wants it!

I also enjoy writing my regular column for Organic Gardening magazine, so I may do more of that sort of thing in the future, if anybody wants it!

Ken Thompson quotes: I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems.

I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems.

Ken Thompson quotes: I don't think there are many people up in research who have strong ideas about things that they haven't really had experience with.

I don't think there are many people up in research who have strong ideas about things that they haven't really had experience with.

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: When in doubt, use brute force.

When in doubt, use brute force.

Ken Thompson quotes: In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.

In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.

Ken Thompson quotes: SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!

SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!

Ken Thompson quotes: It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution.

It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution.

Ken Thompson quotes: There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center.

There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center.

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

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

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

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

Ken Thompson quotes: I am a very bottom-up thinker.

I am a very bottom-up thinker.

Ken Thompson quotes: I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.

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

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