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minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 hours 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-squarechilicheeselies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours 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/
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·13 hours agoActually, Ken Thompson and Douglas McIlroy are still alive
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agodang… in their 80s guess I should have looked before I said anything
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
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/
Actually, Ken Thompson and Douglas McIlroy are still alive
dang… in their 80s
guess I should have looked before I said anything