From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 83d6192e for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 00:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 483CAA35E8; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:38:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AF56A35C4; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:38:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2F4A5A35C4; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:38:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E141EA35B7 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:38:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x090c4rL013519 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:38:04 -0800 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id x090c4uB013516 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:38:04 -0800 Message-Id: <201901090038.x090c4uB013516@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-reply-to: <20190109003516.GA30682@minnie.tuhs.org> References: <20190109003516.GA30682@minnie.tuhs.org> Comments: In-reply-to Warren Toomey message dated "Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:35:16 +1000." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <13514.1546994283.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:38:03 -0800 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] National Inventors Hall of Fame honors creators of Unix X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Warren Toomey writes: > https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/08/national-inventors-hall-of-fame-class-of-2019/ > > The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) joined Engadget on stage > today at CES to announce its 2019 class of inductees. [ including ] ... > > Dennis Ritchie (Posthumous) and Ken Thompson: UNIX Operating System > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thompson and Ritchie's creation of the UNIX operating system and the C > programming language were pivotal developments in the progress of computer > science. Today, 50 years after its beginnings, UNIX and UNIX-like systems > continue to run machinery from supercomputers to smartphones. The UNIX > operating system remains the basis of much of the world's computing > infrastructure, and C language -- written to simplify the development > of UNIX -- is one of the most widely used languages today. > > Cheers, Warren Huh. How can the go off and give awards like this to people that Issacson claims did nothing of value :-)