UNIX is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius (or at any rate, a programmer) to understand and appreciate its simplicity.

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

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

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

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

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time. I'm a home-body and get fatigued by it fairly soon, but enjoy thinking back on experiences when I've returned and then often wish I'd arranged a longer stay in the somewhat exotic place.

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.