13 Apr
2004
13 Apr
'04
12:58 a.m.
Hello from Gregg C Levine
Um this fellow, Ken Thompson. According to my copy of the book on the
C programming language, only Brian Kernighan, and David Ritchie, are
mentioned. Ken Thompson, is only mentioned as being a partner in the
creation of UNIX,
Yes, I thought you might have been referring to Ken Thompson, but I wasn't
sure.
The Salon article refers to:
"Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, the two Bell Labs employees who created
Unix and the C programming language"
I suspect that the only real inaccuracy here is that (as both Dennis and Ken
would
be quick to point out) UNIX was the result of a collaborative effort
involving
more than just two people, but if one had to pick just two names then they
would
undoubtedly have to be Ritchie and Thompson ...
... and if Thompson isn't normally closely associated with the development
of C
it's worth remembering that without "B" there would have been no
"C" ...
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/kbman.html