Ken Thompson on Unix's Origins, with Brian Kernighan

HN commenters recommend it for Thompson's funny, first-hand Unix history stories, some of which even Kernighan had not heard.

Brian Kernighan interviews Unix co-creator Ken Thompson at VCF East 2019. Thompson recounts how he was hired at Bell Labs, writing the Unix kernel in about three weeks, the origins of B and TMG, pipes, and other anecdotes.