Brian Kernighan (Coined Word “Unix”) Interviews Ken Thompson (Co-Invented Unix) (youtube.com) 2 points by alister 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] alister 7y ago ↗ The interview starts at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o&t=450sBrian Kernighan coined the word “Unix” and is the “K” in K&R (co-author of the The C Programming Language book).Ken Thompson co-invented Unix.Full of funny anecdotes like needing 3 weeks to write the kernel and serendipitously his wife was going on vacation for 3 weeks.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 15.9 ms ] threadBrian Kernighan coined the word “Unix” and is the “K” in K&R (co-author of the The C Programming Language book).
Ken Thompson co-invented Unix.
Full of funny anecdotes like needing 3 weeks to write the kernel and serendipitously his wife was going on vacation for 3 weeks.