History of Science and Technology Q&A for Kids and Others (March 10, 2021)
The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
The Programming Language of the Eunux Operating System
Programming language C was designed by denis richin and ken thompson. The two were working on the eunux operating system, which needed a programming language. One of its features was that it had very short command lanes for everything. It's now worth while to have words like grap or tas or c d or l s or something. But i don't think it was one of the better decisions in s and p because it made programs absolutely incomprehensible.
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