Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Fri, 07 May 1999 18:52:24 -0400

In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.990507215551.611A-100000@localhost>, Gerard Roudier w
rites:
+-----
| If number 9 means that the 8 previous Plans were bad Plans, we should
| suggest Ken to immediately give up his current Plan and start
| something like Plan 9999. ;-)
+--->8

Eh? No, it's a joke, just as "Unix" was a pun on MULTICS --- "Plan 9" is
from PLAN 9 IN OUTER SPACE, arguably the worse "sci-fi" movie ever made.

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