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* [http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html Reflections on Trusting Trust] by Ken Thompson | * [http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html Reflections on Trusting Trust] by Ken Thompson | ||
* [http://www.jdl.ac.cn/turing/pdf/p758-ritchie.pdf Reflections on Software Research] by Dennis Ritchie | * [http://www.jdl.ac.cn/turing/pdf/p758-ritchie.pdf Reflections on Software Research] by Dennis Ritchie | ||
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| + | Dennis Ritchie's is very relevent to our current discussion. In it he touches on a number of topics we touched on in class. | ||
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--[[User:Edlefma|Edlefma]] 22:17, 6 Sep 2008 (EST) | --[[User:Edlefma|Edlefma]] 22:17, 6 Sep 2008 (EST) | ||
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Where are Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie now?
Ken Thompson works at Google now as, according to Wikipedia, a "Distinguished Engineer".
Dennis Ritchie still works at Bell Labs, which is now owned by Alcatel-Lucent.
Edlefma 11:45, 2 Sep 2008 (EST)
As we talked about in class, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie jointly won the ACM Turing Award in 1983. Here are links to their acceptance speaches.
- Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson
- Reflections on Software Research by Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie's is very relevent to our current discussion. In it he touches on a number of topics we touched on in class.
--Edlefma 22:17, 6 Sep 2008 (EST)
