Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Kenneth Lane "Ken" Thompson, commonly referred to as ken in hacker circles, is an American pioneer of computer science. Having worked at Bell Labs for most of his career, Thompson designed and implemented the original Unix operating system. He also invented the B programming language, the direct predecessor to the C programming language, and was one of the creators and early developers of the Plan 9 operating systems. Since 2006, Thompson has worked at Google, where he co-invented the Go...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth4 February 1943
CountryUnited States of America
The only way we can overcome the tragedy of an immense disaster like this one is by pulling together as a nation and doing all we can to help out our fellow citizens in great need, ... The people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are not alone. Like the rest of our nation, the people of Wachovia want to lend them a helping hand so they can begin rebuilding their lives and their communities.
Grant, if we edited Fortran, I assume that you'd put a column thing in there.
We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records.
We're an International truck dealer, sales, parts and service.
Outside of operating systems in general tend to operate on programs and they have to somehow turn the notion of data and programs inside out.
There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center.
He had a passion since he was a little kid to fly.
We're proud of our record fourth-quarter results and fourth consecutive year of double-digit earnings increases despite rising funding costs and related industry-wide pressure on margins.
My wife was working for a biotech company in San Diego when she walked away to become a mom, ... We have two children now and she plans to go back part-time someday. Any investing I do for her right now would be in education, to keep herself updated, ahead of the curve, especially since technology is moving so fast right now.
Lloyd will certainly be missed by all of our board members. He has been a trusted and valued member of our board since the First Union-Wachovia merger and we wish him well during retirement.
Most gardeners don't need me telling them that it's good to have year-round interest. You want a garden with as many flowers, for as long as possible, and that's what the pollinators want too. My advice is to garden just to suit yourself and the bees and the butterflies will be perfectly happy.
Today's outcome is a tremendous victory and a major milestone within the merger process, ... It is clear that Wachovia shareholders have strongly endorsed the compelling strategic rationale behind the Wachovia-First Union combination.
THAT'S THE trouble with wildlife gardening. For so long it's been a refuge for anecdote and old wives' tales that get handed down and trotted out. No-one's had anything original to say about wildlife gardening for years.
SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!