Long before Linux, there was Unix — and Ken Thompson was at the center of it. The quiet legacy of a developer who shaped how computers, code, and operating systems work today.

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References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(programming_language)

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Lane-Thompson

https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/thompson_4588371.cfm

https://catonmat.net/unix-philosophy

https://research.swtch.com/utf8