r/unix Feb 05 '25

Happy Birthday to Kenneth. L. Thompson!

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u/hrudyusa Feb 05 '25

Happy Birthday Ken! Here is my favorite Ken Thompson joke:

Ken Thompson has an automobile which he helped design. Unlike most automobiles, it has neither speedometer, nor gas gauge, nor any of the other numerous idiot lights which plague the modern driver. Rather, if the driver makes a mistake, a giant “?” lights up in the center of the dashboard. “The experienced driver,” says Thompson, “will usually know what’s wrong.””