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The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.
Ken Thompson
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Ken Thompson
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 4
Computer Designer
Computer Scientist
Programmer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kenneth Lane Thompson
Kenneth L. Thompson
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