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minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoYou might be thinking of Unix, which is what Linux is based on but not really. Unix was created in the 1960s and for sure the people who created it are passed
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoActually, Ken Thompson and Douglas McIlroy are still alive
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agodang… in their 80s guess I should have looked before I said anything
minus-squarechilicheeselies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoBrian kernighan is still writing code, at least as of 2022: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/unix-legend-who-owes-us-nothing-keeps-fixing-foundational-awk-code/
You might be thinking of Unix, which is what Linux is based on but not really. Unix was created in the 1960s and for sure the people who created it are passed
Actually, Ken Thompson and Douglas McIlroy are still alive
dang… in their 80s
guess I should have looked before I said anything
Brian kernighan is still writing code, at least as of 2022:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/unix-legend-who-owes-us-nothing-keeps-fixing-foundational-awk-code/