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The Rise and Fall of Bell Labs
11:00 - 22:54 (11:54)
This podcast discusses the creation and eventual failure of Bell Labs, which was once an innovative and successful information utility that provided service across the United States.
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The speaker describes their experience of working at Bell Labs, which was a small part of AT&T, known for its large number of highly-skilled employees working on various interesting projects.
11:00 - 14:15 (03:14)
Summary
The speaker describes their experience of working at Bell Labs, which was a small part of AT&T, known for its large number of highly-skilled employees working on various interesting projects.
ChapterThe Rise and Fall of Bell Labs
Episode#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The idea of creating a new operating system to provide comfortable computing was initiated by the failures of CTSS and MALTCS.
14:15 - 19:13 (04:58)
Summary
The idea of creating a new operating system to provide comfortable computing was initiated by the failures of CTSS and MALTCS. Ken Thompson wrote an assembler and text editor for PDP seven for this purpose.
ChapterThe Rise and Fall of Bell Labs
Episode#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
A discussion of how Unix, created by programmer Ken Thompson in three weeks, became the foundation for most computer systems in the world today, and the impact of individual stars in the programming space.
19:13 - 21:02 (01:48)
Summary
A discussion of how Unix, created by programmer Ken Thompson in three weeks, became the foundation for most computer systems in the world today, and the impact of individual stars in the programming space.
ChapterThe Rise and Fall of Bell Labs
Episode#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this episode, the speaker discusses that Bill Labs provided an open and productive environment to work on the Unix system.
21:04 - 22:54 (01:49)
Summary
In this episode, the speaker discusses that Bill Labs provided an open and productive environment to work on the Unix system. Additionally, the guest is asked about the fundamental philosophy behind Unix and how it evolved over time.