Unix philosophy
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The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It is based on the experience of leading developer
Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, key proponents of the Unix philosophy
Rob Pike, co-author of The UNIX Programming Environment
Brian Kernighan has written at length about the Unix philosophy
Doug McIlroy (left) with Dennis Ritchie
Ken Thompson
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Kenneth 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. He also inve
Unix philosophy
…The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It is based on the experience of leading developers…
Thompson in 2019
DEC PDP-7, as used for initial work on Unix