Hackernews posts about Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson is a renowned computer scientist and programmer best known for designing the original Unix operating system and developing the first compiler-based Trojan horse.

1. Ken Thompson really did launch his "trusting trust" trojan attack in real life (niconiconi.neocities.org)
   634 points by obi1kenobi almost 2 years ago | 295 comments
2. Ken Thompson's 75 year project: A century of popular music in a jukebox [video] (www.youtube.com)
   549 points by nixcraft over 1 year ago | 408 comments
3. Ken Thompson on the bug that exposed his compiler trojan (2021) (www.tuhs.org)
   224 points by throwawaylinux over 1 year ago | 33 comments
4. C Port of Ken Thompson's Space Travel (github.com)
   140 points by nixcraft over 1 year ago | 34 comments
5. The Ken Thompson Hack (wiki.c2.com)
   127 points by stephc_int13 6 months ago | 43 comments
6. Ken Thompson's NFA regex patent (1971) (patents.google.com)
   120 points by jonstewart almost 2 years ago | 20 comments
7. Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson (1999) (www.cs.princeton.edu)
   75 points by pncnmnp 6 months ago | 30 comments
8. Trusting Trust: Ken Thompson on supply chain security (1984) (dl.acm.org)
   49 points by brianzelip 6 months ago | 21 comments
9. Unix co-creator Ken Thompson dumps Apple for Linux (www.theregister.com)
   21 points by LorenDB over 1 year ago | 8 comments
10. Ubuntu is a Linux OS that was designed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson (www.javatpoint.com)
    18 points by Ambolia about 1 year ago | 8 comments
11. Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson (web.archive.org)
    13 points by idle_cycles 7 months ago | discuss
12. Ken Thompson, Co-Creator of Unix, Is Moving from Apple macOS to Debian GNU/Linux (techrights.org)
    9 points by jrepinc over 1 year ago | 4 comments
13. Ken Thompson is transitioning from macOS to Raspbian (www.youtube.com)
    6 points by Bondi_Blue over 1 year ago | 3 comments
14. Ken Thompson: Reflections on Trusting Trust (Turing Award Lecture, 1984) [pdf] (www.cs.cmu.edu)
    4 points by thunderbong 6 months ago | discuss
15. Ken Thompson's 75 year project (www.youtube.com)
    4 points by tkhattra over 1 year ago | discuss
16. Oral History of Ken Thompson (www.youtube.com)
    4 points by matt_d over 1 year ago | discuss
17. Ken Thompson's Unix Password (leahneukirchen.org)
    3 points by golergka over 1 year ago | 1 comments
18. Coding Machines – A short story about the Ken Thompson Hack (www.teamten.com)
    3 points by smig0 6 months ago | discuss
19. Be Like Ken Thompson (newsletter.corecursive.com)
    3 points by adamgordonbell over 1 year ago | discuss
20. Oral History of Ken Thompson (www.youtube.com)
    3 points by tambourine_man over 1 year ago | discuss
21. Reflections on Trusting Trust (Ken Thompson) [pdf] (www.cs.cmu.edu)
    2 points by behnamoh about 2 months ago | discuss
22. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie Explain Unix (Bell Labs) (yt.hcrypt.net)
    2 points by udev4096 8 months ago | discuss
23. Loops: Ken Thompson and the Self-Referencing C Compiler (scienceblogs.com)
    2 points by popcalc 12 months ago | discuss
24. Ken Thompson: Reflections on Trusting Trust (1984) [pdf] (www.cs.cmu.edu)
    2 points by eiiot over 1 year ago | discuss
25. Ken Thompson Interviewed by Brian Kernighan (VCF East 2019) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by tosh 4 months ago | discuss
26. Ken Thompson Interviewed by Brian Kernighan at VCF East 2019 (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by nyc111 9 months ago | discuss
27. Ken Thompson Interviewed by Brian Kernighan at VCF East 2019 (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by huachaohuang almost 2 years ago | discuss