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		AsyncAwait on Dec 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Unix made it to the top As per[1], "According to a 2009 interview, Thompson now uses a Linux-based operating system." He probably uses multiple systems, including macOS in some capacity, am sure, but it looks like he uses/used Linux. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson

aap_ on Dec 18, 2016 [–]

I can't find the source right now but Russ Cox posted to some newsgroup or mailing list that most golang developers use OS X these days (rsc, rob and ken for sure).

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