For Books, I Don't Read Much Fiction,

I'm Still Uncertain About The Language Declaration Syntax.

A New Release Of Plan 9 Happened In June, And At About The Same Time A New Release Of The Inferno System, Which Began Here, Was Announced By Vita Nuova.

Obviously, The Person Who Had Most Influence On My Career Was Ken Thompson. Unix Was Basically His, Likewise C's Predecessor, Likewise Much Of The Basis Of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike Was The Real Force In Getting It Together). And In The Meantime Ken Created The First Computer Chess Master And Pretty Much Rewrote The Book On Chess Endgames. He Is Quite A Phenomenon.

I'm Just An Observer Of Java, And Where Microsoft Wants To Go With C# Is Too Early To Tell.

Unix Has Retarded Os Research By 10 Years And Linux Has Retarded It By 20.