Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

One of the obvious things that went wrong with Multics as a commercial success was just that it was sort of over-engineered in a sense. There was just too much in it.

The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

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

... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.