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"The original linker was also simpler than it is now and its implementation fit in one Turing award winner’s head, so there’s little abstraction or modularity.
by cpeterso 7y ago
"The original linker was also simpler than it is now and its implementation fit in one Turing award winner’s head, so there’s little abstraction or modularity. Unfortunately, as the linker grew and evolved, it retained its lack of structure, and our sole Turing award winner retired." :)
- luuio 7y agoFor those out of the loop, who are they talking about here?
- p7IDD243 7y agoPerhaps Ken Thompson?
- rjammala 7y agoKenneth Lane Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system. Books: Queen and Pawn Against Queen, Roycroft's 5-man Chess Endgame Series Awards: Turing Award, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Japan Prize
- insulanus 7y agoDefinitely Ken Thompson. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson
- eeZah7Ux 7y agoBragging doesn't make the language less unremarkable.