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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 invented the B programming language, the direct predecessor to the C programming language, and was one of the creators and early developers of the Plan 9 operating system. Since 2006, Thompson has worked at Google, where he co-developed the Go programming language.

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Ken Thompson
Where Do Camels Belong?
Where Do Camels Belong?
Ken Thompson
The Sceptical Gardener
The Sceptical Gardener
Ken Thompson
Common or Garden
Common or Garden
Ken Thompson
A Systematic Guide to Business Acumen and Leadership Using Dilemmas
A Systematic Guide to Business Acumen and Leadership Using Dilemmas
Ken Thompson
An Ear to the Ground
An Ear to the Ground
Ken Thompson
The Sceptical Gardener
The Sceptical Gardener
Ken Thompson
No Nettles Required
No Nettles Required
Ken Thompson
The Soil Seed Banks of North West Europe
The Soil Seed Banks of North West Europe
Ken Thompson, Jan P. Bakker, Renie M. Bekker
Key Quotations in Sociology
Key Quotations in Sociology
Kenneth Thompson, Ken Thompson
Notes From a Sceptical Gardener
Notes From a Sceptical Gardener
Ken Thompson
Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems
Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems
Ken Thompson
The Ecology of Seeds
The Ecology of Seeds
Ken Thompson, Michael K. Fenner, Michael Fenner, School of Biological Sciences Michael Fenner
Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants
Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants
Ken Thompson

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