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Ken Thompson

Vereinigte Staaten · Entwickler · Geboren 1943 · Alter 83

Ken Thompson wird in 57 Sprachen etwa 675 Mal am Tag gelesen.

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Kenneth Lane Thompson (* 4. Februar 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana) ist ein US-amerikanischer Informatiker, der unter anderem maßgeblich an der Entwicklung des Unix-Betriebssystems beteiligt war. Er erhielt für seine Arbeiten zahlreiche Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen, darunter den Turing Award.

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2020ACM FellowAuszeichnung2019National Inventors Hall of FameAuszeichnung2011“When the three of us [Thompson, Rob Pike, and Robert Griesemer] got started, it was pure research. The three of us got together and decided that we hated C++. [laughter] ...”Eigene WorteKen Thompson, talking about the origins of the Go programming language

Japan PrizeAuszeichnung2009“[C++] certainly has its good points. But by and large I think it's a bad language.”Eigene WorteKen Thompson; cited in

2003Harold Pender AwardAuszeichnung1999“I am a very bottom-up thinker. If you give me the right kind of Tinker Toys, I can imagine the building.”Eigene Worte"Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson," 1999

“Unix was a very small, understandable OS, so people could change it at their will. It would run itself - you could type "go" and in a few minutes it would recompile itself.”Eigene Worte"Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson," 1999

“I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less. I don't think it will be very successful in the long run.”Eigene Worte"Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson," 1999

“Anything new will have to come along with the type of revolution that came along with Unix. Nothing was going to topple IBM until something came along that made them irrelevant.”Eigene Worte"Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson," 1999

Tsutomu Kanai AwardAuszeichnung1998National Medal of Technology and InnovationAuszeichnung1997Computer History Museum FellowAuszeichnung1994Computer Pioneer AwardAuszeichnung1990IEEE Richard W. Hamming MedalAuszeichnung1983ACM Software System AwardAuszeichnungTuring AwardAuszeichnung1982IEEE Emanuel R. Piore AwardAuszeichnung1943Geboren4. Februar 1943

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DEC PDP-7, as used for initial work on UnixDEC PDP-7, as used for initial work on UnixVersion 6 Unix running on the SIMH PDP-11 simulator, with "/usr/ken" still presentVersion 6 Unix running on the SIMH PDP-11 simulator, with "/usr/ken" still presentPlan 9 from Bell Labs, running the acme text editor, and the rc shellPlan 9 from Bell Labs, running the acme text editor, and the rc shell

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  1. When the three of us [Thompson, Rob Pike, and Robert Griesemer] got started, it was pure research. The three of us got together and decided that we hated C++. [laughter] ...

    2011, Ken Thompson, talking about the origins of the Go programming language, Eigene Worte

  2. I would try out the [C++] language [at AT&T] as it was being developed and make comments on it. It was part of the work atmosphere there.

    2009, Ken Thompson; cited in, Eigene Worte

  3. [C++] certainly has its good points. But by and large I think it's a bad language.

    2009, Ken Thompson; cited in, Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

ACM Fellow2020
National Inventors Hall of Fame2019
Japan Prize2011
Harold Pender Award2003
Tsutomu Kanai Award1999
National Medal of Technology and Innovation1998
Computer History Museum Fellow1997
Computer Pioneer Award1994
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal1990
Turing Award1983
ACM Software System Award1983
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award1982

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James GoslingBeide ausgezeichnet mit Tsutomu Kanai Award

Entwickler aus den USA 5

Jef Raskin57,0Jack Sweeney56,9Keith Packard57,1Gary Kildall56,9Peter Mattis57,3

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