# Speaking of Regrets

<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/13/thompson-unix>

- Host: [daringfireball.net](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/daringfireball.net/)
- Saved: October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13T21:33:40Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/329a81a262ae/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/329a81a262ae.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Unix co-creator Ken Thompson, asked what he’d do differently if had it do all over again, replied that he’d include the trailing “e” in the creat() system call.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Same host

- [★ WWDC 2009 Wrap-Up](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/10229eccfd34/) (daringfireball.net, June 17, 2009)
- [★ Putting What Little We Actually Know About Chrome OS Into Context](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f55af197d006/) (daringfireball.net, July 14, 2009)
- [★ Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bf3bc39e11e2/) (daringfireball.net, August 5, 2009)
- [URL Shortener tr.im to Discontinue Service](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0365267a4340/) (daringfireball.net, August 10, 2009)
- [★ A Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9c3505d50557/) (daringfireball.net, November 27, 2009)

## Saved the same week

- [ITunesLP.net Teaches You to Create, Lets You Download iTunes LPs](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4b5d5ff2b746/) (lifehacker.com, October 13, 2009)
- [Tim Berners-Lees One Regret Regarding the Web](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c45951ba2ab1/) (bits.blogs.nytimes.com, October 13, 2009)
- [Google PowerMeter Installation and First Impressions](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/57aa7680d3b7/) (thedeets.com, October 13, 2009)
- [Star Tribune dropping Saturday newsstand edition](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/198b2621b948/) (bizjournals.com, October 13, 2009)
- [The NYT Has More Comment Moderators Than HuffPo Has Reporters](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2cea53eb94b9/) (businessinsider.com, October 13, 2009)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/13/thompson-unix