A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things.

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

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

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

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

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.