Riaan Ngempelasonto edlule, ingqungquthela ye-SCALE ibuyile kulo bhubhane nge-bang: UKen Thompson njengesikhulumi esiqavile. Ku-Q&A ekupheleni kwenkulumo yakhe, uThompson wenza isivumo sokholo esimangalisayo.
Umcwaningi weBell Labs uKen Thompson wayengomunye wabathuthukisi be AMANINGI, ukhokho kanye nogqozi lwe-UNIX. Naye wathuthuka Ukuhamba Emkhathini ngo-1969, ngokungangabazeki omunye wemidlalo yokuqala yevidiyo, wabe eseyithutha isuka ku-MULTICS yayisa ku-GECOS… kwase kuba i-PDP-7 eyisipele eyayishaya labhu, ohlelweni lokwakha iqoqo lamathuluzi okuthuthukisa yena kanye nawo. uDennis Ritchie ongasekho ngemuva kwalokho yaphenduka isistimu yokusebenza abayibiza nge-UNIX.
Naye futhi eklanywe ngokuhlanganyela futhi sabhala ngokuhlanganyela i-Plan 9 kusukela ku-Bell Labs, umlandeli oklanywe kangcono we-Unix. Uhlelo 9 lwehlulekile ukususa ukhokho walo wakudala, kodwa kunjalo kusekhona ithuthukiswe namuhla. Ube eseqhubeka nokuklama ozongena esikhundleni se-CPU esizimele se-Plan 9, I-Inferno. Nakuba u-Thompson manje eseneminyaka engu-80 ubudala, usanda kusebenza kwa-Google, lapho athuthukise khona i-Go… nakuba ukuqasha kwakhe kudala izinkinga: wenqaba ukuthatha isivivinyo senkampani esingu-C sobuchwepheshe, ngesizathu esiqinile sokuthi uklame ulimi C.
Abahleli bohlelo abaphilayo abaveleli kakhulu kunalokhu. Uyingcweti, eyakha futhi yakha amathuluzi athinte ngokujulile izigidi zabantu – okuhlanganisa umbhalo we-UTF-8, okungenzeka ukuqaliswa kokuqala regex izinkulumo ezijwayelekile, kanye ed, okungukuthi, umhleli ojwayelekile ku-UNIX. Ngakho-ke kufanele kube yinto yokuketula umbuso lapho I-Southern California Linux Expo I-20x ifake u-Thompson njengenothi eliyinhloko isikhulumi.
Inkulumo yakhe iyamangalisa ngezindlela eziningana, kodwa ngokufanayo, ibaluleke kakhulu ukuyibuka. U-Thompson uvumile ukuthi uhlukumezeke kakhulu ngenxa yokwethuka kwasesiteji, futhi ubenenkinga yokuhamba phakathi kwamaslayidi akhe. Noma kunjalo, sincoma inkulumo yakhe. Imayelana nomculo orekhodiwe, futhi ayithinti nhlobo i-Unix. Inokuningi mayelana nezinhlelo zokufaka ikhodi zomculo wedijithali zakuqala namafomethi, amabhokisi e-Wurlitzer jukebox, amapiyano omdlali, nokunye okuningi ngaphandle kwalokho.
Isimanga sangempela siphakathi kwesigaba semibuzo nezimpendulo ekugcineni, nakuba (kumaki amaminithi angu-57¾.) Ilungu lezethameli libuze: “Iyiphi isistimu yakho yokusebenza oyikhethayo namuhla?”
Impendulo ivela ku- Thompson:
Lokhu Isi-Raspbian? I-Reg Ideski le-FOSS lingasho ngokweqiniso ukuthi asikubonanga lokho kuza.
I-Bootnote
Sinomuzwa wokuthi kufanele siqaphele ukuthi uMnu Thompson unomlando omude futhi oyindaba wokunyathela imboni yamakhompiyutha, okuyinto sike sathinta ngaphambiliikakhulukazi iphepha lakhe elidumile lango-1984 “Ukucabanga Ngokuthembana” [PDF]lapho embula khona, ngesikhathi sakhe Umklomelo weTuring isifundo, ayenakho etshaliwe umnyango ongemuva ongalandeleki kumqambi we-C wokuqala… futhi wawusekhona. ®
