The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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