Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e." -- http://en.wikiquot

Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e." -- http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Thompson#Attributed http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Thompson#Attributed He got his chance with Go... when he added the O_CREATE symbol (an alias for O_CREAT) his comment was: spell it with an "e" -- http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=4a3f6bbb5f0c6021279ccb3c23558b3c480d995f http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=4a3f6bbb5f0c6021...