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Ken Thompson was part of the team that created Unix using which language primarily?

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Assembly language was the primary language used by Ken Thompson and his team when developing the Unix operating system. Assembly language is a low-level programming language that directly corresponds to the instructions that a computer's central processing unit (CPU) can understand. It provides a higher level of control over the hardware compared to higher-level languages but requires a deeper understanding of the underlying machine architecture.
The Revolutionary Genius: Ken Thompson and the Unix Legacy

The Revolutionary Genius: Ken Thompson and the Unix Legacy

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