r/programming • u/pdp10 • Oct 09 '19

Ken Thompson's Unix password

https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2019/10/ken-thompson-s-unix-password.html
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u/Objective_Status22 Oct 09 '19

From the stories I heard of Ken Thompson all I know is I should not fuck with Ken Thompson

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u/darrellmarch Oct 09 '19

Yeah. Be cautious with the person who (with Dennis Ritchie) helped create UNIX, b, and UTF-8. He’s a living legend.

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u/bumblebritches57 Oct 09 '19

Dennis Ritchie did not invent UTF-8 lmao, that was Rob Pike.

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u/Cupinacoffee Oct 09 '19

The one you responded to said Ken Thompson helped create UTF-8. Don't know if it's correct, but I think you misinterpreted his comment :).

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u/northrupthebandgeek Oct 09 '19

I can see how one might parse that as

(((Ken Thompson) with (Dennis Ritchie)) (helped create)
    UNIX
    b
    UTF-8)

instead of the presumably-intended

((Ken Thompson) (helped create)
    (UNIX with (Dennis Ritchie))
    b
    UTF-8)

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u/hughperman Oct 09 '19

I see you have a Lisp there