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Some consider UNIX to be the s...

Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

It seems certain that much of ...

It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

Steve Jobs has said that Xwind...

Steve Jobs has said that Xwindows is brain-damamged and will disappear in two years. He got it half-right.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

I'm still uncertain about the ...

I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax...

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Pretty much everything on the ...

Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX,

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

Sometimes when you fill a vacu...

Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

Oh, I've seen copies [of Linux...

Oh, I've seen copies [of Linux Journal] around the terminal room at The
Labs.

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A program designed for inputs ...

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

The only way to learn a new pr...

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

Twenty percent of all input fo...

Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

A new release of Plan 9 happen...

A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

At least for the people who se...

At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

I can't recall any difficulty ...

I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

C is peculiar in a lot of ways...

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

C was already implemented on s...

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

Any editing, software work, an...

Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9

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UNIX is basically a simple ope...

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

C++ and Java, say, are presuma...

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

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I'm just an observer of Java, ...

I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

I've done a reasonable amount ...

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time.

Dennis Ritchie 53 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....