> Ken Thompson seemed to be absent at most Usenix conferences, but at > one I saw him line up at the mike after the talk on the BSD > packet filter. He asked why they had used a stack machine. The > poor fellow, who recognized who was asking the question looked > like a deer suddenly lit by the headlights of a Peterbuilt. > > `It's faster?' > > `No, it's not!' > > End of questions.
I would pay good money for a video of this exchange... uriel
