I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.