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

I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax.

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

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

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much of the basis of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike was the real force in getting it together). And in the meantime Ken created the first computer chess master and pretty much rewrote the book on chess endgames. He is quite a phenomenon.

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

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