The speaker, Ken Thompson, reflects on the origins of Unix, stating that it was initially built for his personal use and for playing games, rather than as a general-purpose operating system for others. He highlights his early fascination with games, specifically pinball machines, and how he would pick the locks on them to study their inner workings. This hands-on exploration of pinball machines is where he claims to have learned a significant amount of the logic that would later influence Unix.

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Unix was built for me. I didn't build it as an operating system for other people. I built it to do games and to do my stuff.

I was always into games. Games was my thing. I used to play pinball machines and I would pick the lock in the back of the pinball machines. Then I'd study the backgrounds that I had. That's where I learned a lot of this kind of logic. >> [music]

The Surprising Reason UNIX Was Created #shorts #linux #unix #coding

Unix was built for me. I didn't build it
as an operating system for other people.
I built it to do games and to do my
stuff. I was always into games. Games
was my thing. I used to play pinball
machines and I would pick the lock in
the back of the pinball machines. Then
I'd study the backgrounds that I had.
That's where I learned a lot of this
kind of logic.
>> [music]

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The Surprising Reason UNIX Was Created #shorts #linux #unix #coding

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