i'm not sure if rsc's "plan 9 kernel history" includes the contributors' name in the file diffs, but it is worth a look.
http://swtch.com/plan9history/ On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Sakis Kasampalis <s.kasampa...@zoho.com>wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Are there any notes/facts about why Dennis Ritchie was not more involved > with Plan 9? According to his page http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/ he > only contributed a few bits and pieces (whatever that means). I don't > know when his health problems started but it seems that he could join > the early versions of the system. > > - -- > How does one put together a democracy based on the concept of equality > while running an economy with ever greater degrees of economic > inequality? -- Lester Thurow, MIT, Shifting Fortunes (1999) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSXCmMAAoJEFLhfgzPVALkU5UP/1+541RRN3GnxWKEvjzqppMB > jdsfsS9sf57CZAZ2jdEhoLFaL49ZRKJrf6I4hDCdUxGjXfcMAArrBKYiImIkrNI7 > RjelirVshqT83s07rp/vqwhC/SOSBpTNFF/t8wo1Jt1qj/I0Gv0XM7AA5e2IXw0c > fPmShmGhJm0cLr18XY2RUFxzGq9gyEJwraglygtoC9bm1uVTSbd1S3BUTzdcfitD > eNfjhMeVjnknL3rJdvAvfyWAbfLsPDb+zqjUC4jyTELtXvffGasGNDbpryA+EJGr > IKF6ujGA0vUuKoA64yFOuee/Mhfi+vOvPHrvLumuD4JE0UD8Uj28XVGhVocKuH5J > WRMcCIW5SXmfgblkNCSG3/mICE2KuF67m/YllAD1CiV8PvlAK/a45QDd1vjSe4v7 > tfcMKkvP4wXB2Jp4CV7upSD2+acAug1eCqJHiqUgSZq+rkf/gQ6YOQBrnS8fvti5 > uRyC/oKX8MLCm4WGauBzcTtEwQ+93Tv84egalQtl6MrlP5Sjoba7Oc2b6K/9RsZD > NtQjtO6A23j9aaOi0o12fC5k5C7VdzOrV94TLINGCTNUBz+SQpO6sGGM9fwax6Lf > CccfxUvd5AePkARhadA6oSgZjoxZ+hs7L0BaDZw6/kbE6Hru4/powkBjwxMMGupE > ANlysc0vWQEp+WVDiFPk > =CmCp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >
