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Subject: Re: Which Ken Thompson?

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 23:34:58 01/16/02

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On January 17, 2002 at 00:30:51, Slater Wold wrote:

>On January 16, 2002 at 23:15:07, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 16, 2002 at 21:46:21, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>
>>>Is the Ken Thompson that created the endgame tablebases the same Ken Thompson
>>>that wrote the Unix operating system?
>>>
>>>Russell
>>
>>
>>Yes he is...
>
>Pretty talented guy.  :)
>
>Hence the hook up to make the best chess computer of his time.

One _could_ make the case that he's a nerd. Unlike any of us.

/David



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