VCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan
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中文导读
Brian Kernighan 在 VCF East 2019 对 Unix 联合创始人 Ken Thompson 的大师对谈。Thompson 亲述了当年加入贝尔实验室的机缘、仅用三周手搓出初代 Unix 内核的传奇经历，以及 B 语言、TMG、管道（Pipes）机制诞生的幕后八卦。
为什么 HN 推它
HN 资深极客津津乐道的第一手计算机考古逸事，幽默风趣，就连作为老搭档的主持人 Kernighan 当场都听到了不少此前未曾公开的猛料。
「看完简直大呼过瘾，太精彩了。」HN 网友原话：Also I found these fascinating
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Brian Kernighan interviews Unix co-creator Ken Thompson at VCF East 2019. Thompson recounts how he was hired at Bell Labs, writing the Unix kernel in about three weeks, the origins of B and TMG, pipes, and other anecdotes.
HN commenters recommend it for Thompson's funny, first-hand Unix history stories, some of which even Kernighan had not heard.
HN 上的提及
Full of funny anecdotes like needing 3 weeks to write the kernel
Videos of Ken Thompson and Rob Pike telling Unix history stories
totally worth a watch
They're both very funny, a very entertaining video, some stories I (and even Brian) hadn't heard.
lots of interesting anecdotes, like getting a chess machine seized by the US government