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Ken Thompson prototyped the first version of UNIX in assembly language for PDP-7 in three weeks, while his wife was away on vacation. One could argue Ken Thomps
by alpb 4y ago
Ken Thompson prototyped the first version of UNIX in assembly language for PDP-7 in three weeks, while his wife was away on vacation. One could argue Ken Thompson/Dennis Ritchie/Doug McIlroy have made a remarkable impact on laying out the principles behind the future of computing even today in such a short time.
- rippeltippel 4y agoOne could also argue that conjugal life is detrimental to the progress of human technology.
- baby 4y agoI can only assume that even less progress would be made without conjugal life.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoIt's a mixed blessing for sure.
- concordDance 4y agoWhy can you only assume this?
- christophilus 4y agoProgress of the type we are discussing requires a human being. Human beings come from pregnancies. Pregnancies usually come from conjugal life.
- baby 4y agoPeople are different but loneliness doesn't tend to make you productive on the long run.
- concordDance 4y agoTrue only in the short term. Need to make new humans with the prone-to-advancung-technology memes and genes, which means conjugal life!
- aloisdg 4y agoOne could also argue that without support, human technology would not progress as much. Don't forget to take care of your folks and yourself, friend.