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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.

Gary Kildall

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.

Gary Kildall

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.

Gary Kildall

He is divisive. He is manipulative. He is a user. He has taken much from me and the industry.

Gary Kildall

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.

Gary Kildall

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.

Gary Kildall

Gary Kildall

Gary Kildall

Born: May 19, 1942

Died: July 11, 1994 (aged 52)

Bio: Gary Arlen Kildall was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who created the for the IBM PC.

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