Ken Thompson
Author and Technologist
12 Things to Know About Google`s Go Programming Language...it on November 10. The ambitious technology comes with a pedigree featuring programming experts from the Unix world, including Ken Thompson, who teamed with Dennis Ritchie to create Unix. Created as a systems programming language to help... In this article: Go, Rob Pike, Google, Ken Thompson, C++, Unix, Java, and JavaScript |
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Gawker | November 12, 2009
Google Forgot to Google Before Naming Programming Language [Copyfight]
...of the content over on Google Books, which appears to have scanned the whole thing in. Google got two geek gods, Unix co-creator Ken Thompson and operating system pioneer Rob Pike, to design its new language. Maybe it should have enlisted...
In this article: Google, Unix, Google Books, Google search, and Rob Pike
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CNET News.com | November 12, 2009
Google hopes Go will give a browser boost
...to get projects off the ground. Indeed, an episode earlier in the Go team's history is illustrative. Pike, Unix co-inventor Ken Thompson, and Russ Cox all worked on the Plan 9 operating system project that, like Unix, began at Bell Labs.
In this article: Google, Go, Rob Pike, Unix, Gears, and Gmail
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Techmeme | November 11, 2009
Apple Emerges as Nintendo Game Rival (Daisuke Wakabayashi/Wall Street Journal)
...you've been at any point in time. Google hopes to remake programming with Go - Google software luminaries including Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an experimental...
In this article: Google, Revenue, Go, Gartner, Nintendo, Unix, Mashable, TechCrunch, and CNET News
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Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour (Michael French/mcvuk.com)
...show consistent growth through 2013 … Google hopes to remake programming with Go - Google software luminaries including Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an...
In this article: Google, Revenue, Go, Gartner, Twitter, Unix, Mashable, and TechCrunch
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Google Blogoscoped | November 11, 2009
Go, a Programming Language by Google
...language, but apparently more of an experiment for "adventurous users", started in September 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. The motivation for a new language is explained at the Go site: Go is an attempt to combine the...
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The Register | November 10, 2009
Google 'experiment' crossbreeds Python with C++
...the package - which involving rebuilding and running - in under a second. The project's developers include Unix founding father Ken Thompson and fellow Bell Labs Unix developer Rob Pike with Robert Griesemer, known for his work on the...
In this article: Google, Go, C++, Python, Unix, JavaScript, Java, and Rob Pike
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Google hopes to remake programming with Go
Google software luminaries such as Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe that they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an experimental programming language project called Go. And on Tuesday, they're taking...
In this article: Go, Google, Rob Pike, JavaScript, Unix, C++, Android, ARM, and Java
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Description from Wikipedia:
Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4, 1943), commonly referred to as Ken Thompson (or simply ken in hacker circles), is an American pioneer of computer science notable for his work with the B programming language and his shepherding of the Unix and Plan 9 operating systems.
- Birth Date:
- February 04, 1943
- Birthplace:
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Field:
- Computer Science
- Known for:
- B (programming language)
- Unix
- Belle (chess machine)
- Associated With:
- Entrisphere, Inc
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