Multiple choice general knowledge

Who co-created the UNIX operating system in 1969 with Dennis Ritchie?

  1. Bjarne Stroustrup

  2. Steve Wozniak

  3. Ken Thompson 

  4. Niklaus Wirth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ken Thompson co-created UNIX with Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in 1969. Thompson wrote the original version of UNIX, and Ritchie later developed the C programming language to rewrite UNIX. Bjarne Stroustrup created C++, Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple, and Niklaus Wirth created Pascal and other programming languages. The claimed answer (C - Ken Thompson) is correct.

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