Gary Kildall

Quotes

• “Ask Bill [Gates] why the string in [MS-DOS] function 9 is terminated by a dollar sign. Ask him, because he can't answer. Only I know that.”
• “I expected too much of educators. I expected them to understand, in a sense, the sugar-coated concepts of LISP used in AI that were embodied in the Logo language. It was then that I learned that computers were built to make money, not minds.”
• “He is divisive. He is manipulative. He is a user. He has taken much from me and the industry.”
• “It's fun to sit at a terminal and let the code flow. It sounds strange, but it just comes out my brain; once I'm started, I don't have to think about it.”
• “You need to study other people's work. Their approaches to problem solving and the tools they use give you a fresh way to look at your own work.”
• “The ALGOL compiler was probably one of the nicest pieces of code to come out at that time. I spent hours trying to fix and change the compiler. Working with it so closely affected the way I think about programming and had a profound influence on my style.”

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Key facts

Born

Gary Arlen Kildall , ( 1942-05-19 ) May 19, 1942, Seattle , Washington, U.S.

Died

July 11, 1994 (1994-07-11) (aged 52), Monterey, California , U.S.

Resting place

Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park

Alma mater

University of Washington

Occupations

Computer scientist entrepreneur

Years active

1972–1994

Known for

Creator of CP/M Pioneer of the personal computer revolution

Title

Founder, chairman and CEO of Digital Research

Board member of

Digital Research

Spouse s

Dorothy McEwen Kildall , Karen Kildall

Children

2, including Scott

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