Unix50 - Unix Today and Tomorrow: The Languages

Brian Kernighan discussed the little languages of Unix and how it works well with other programming languages while Bjarne Stroustrup focused on the journey from C to C++ and its value. Tom Van Cutsem, Lieven Trappeniers and Lode Hoste of Nokia Bell Labs discussed new computational tools being created using Augmented/Artificial intelligence and machine learning that are transforming software development.
We commemorated Unix’s anniversary with the Unix50 event, a two-day celebration that reflected on Unix’s past and explored the future of computing. Speakers and panelists included many of the original team that built Unix and designed the C programming language, as well as luminaries in the fields of computing and robotics. The event also featured a gallery of Unix artifacts, a coding challenge that required students to program robots to navigate the industrial spaces of the future, and numerous other activities drawing on Unix’s rich and colorful history at Bell Labs.
Learn more: www.bell-labs.com/unix50/

[@wesriley3908]

The shade is legendary

[@ivbit]

Where can I buy the Unix?

[@Barfriedrich12]

Not blood-tied to Berkeley Unix like the BSDs, but Linux distros get you the best unix-like modern desktop experience. Look up Ubuntu, ElemenataryOS, Debian, Arch, MX Linux, OpenSUSE, Fedora, RHEL, Manjaro, PopOS, and more.

[@joshwilliams7692]

ivbit Is that a joke? If you’re serious, you can find the original AT&T Unix online for free, including the source.

[@Kersich86]

the last two talks where completely out of place

[@zakeria]

C needs templates and concepts

[@DVRC]

I tend to disagree: C is meant to be a simple, small and general programming language, that was made mainly for system programming.

[@coshvjicujmlqef6047]

Well then just use C++