Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4 1943), commonly referred to as Ken Thompson (or simply Ken in hacker circles), is an American pioneer of computer science notable for his work with the B programming language and his shepherding the UNIX and Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating systems. Wikipedia
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The hardware machine Belle Ken Thompson was a computer scientist who couldn't wait for the million-dollar super-computers to become five or twenty-five times faster in order to get stronger at chess. www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=102
Ken Thompson, co-developer of the Belle chess computer, playing chess between games at the 1996 Deep Blue vs. Kasparov match. www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430...