Thompson tells how he developed the Go language at Google.

Ken Thompson: Why did we create Golang?

The Story of Ken Thompson

Thompson says Plan 9 "the best operating system out there" but will "never make it, ever, ever."

Oral History: Ken Thompson on Co-creating Unix, C’s Origins, and the Go Programming Language

Thompson on the origins of C: "if it was a good suggestion, I would steal it in a minute."

VCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan