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diff --git a/lib/dougfacts b/lib/dougfacts new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8410bc238 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/dougfacts @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Doug McIlroy can get a 1 out of /dev/zero. +Doug McIlroy can change file permissions using a magnet and a pin. +Doug McIlroy can read data from /dev/null. +Doug McIlroy can address 8 terabytes of RAM with only 32 bits. +Doug McIlroy can handle SIGKILL. +Doug McIlroy spawns Init. +Doug McIlroy can hard-link across devices. +Doug McIlroy can create 3-ended pipes. +Doug McIlroy dreams in binary. +Doug McIlroy eats serial ports for breakfast. +Doug McIlroy doesn't have an Erdos number; Erdos has a McIlroy number. +Doug McIlroy prototyped /dev/random with a toothpick and 4 cans of baked beans. +Doug McIlroy invented pipes. +Doug McIlroy thinks asm is for sissies. +Doug McIlroy invented diff to win a bet. +Doug McIlroy can read unbound variables. +Doug McIlroy can disprove tautologies. +Doug McIlroy's programs always terminate -- sometimes each other. +Doug McIlroy's programs don't need a garbage collector; they pick up their OWN garbage. +Doug McIlroy doesn't make system calls. System calls call Doug McIlroy. +Doug McIlroy doesn't use malloc to allocate memory. He uses his bare hands. +Doug McIlroy doesn't debug. He stares at tty0 until it fixes the problem. +Once, Doug McIlroy got mad at his terminal and smacked the keyboard. The result is called "Unix." +Alan Turing always wanted to win a McIlroy Award, but didn't qualify. No one has. +In 1984, the Department of Justice broke up AT&T because they had a monopoly. On Doug McIlroy. +Doug McIlroy supervises the hypervisor. +Doug McIlroy understands the internals of a hidden Markov model. +Doug McIlroy patented macros. +At Bell Labs, computers regularly crashed in fear when Doug McIlroy entered the room.
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