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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.”

Quote by Gary Kildall

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Gary Kildall was an outstanding computer scientist who made significant contributions to the fields of operating systems and microprocessor design. In the 1970s, he founded Digital Research, which developed several well-known operating systems, including CP/M. His work had a profound impact on the development of personal computers. more

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