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- Brian Wilson Kernighan (/ ˈkɜːrnɪhæn /; born January 30, 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
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Brian Wilson Kernighan (/ ˈ k ɜːr n ɪ h æ n /; [5] [6] born January 30, 1942) [2] is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
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Interests: Application-specific languages, document preparation, user interfaces, software tools, programming methodology Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2019; Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2002; USENIX Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997 Research Areas: 1. Programming Languages & Compilers 2. Public Law & Policy ...
Professor Brian W. Kernighan, who earned his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1969, joined the department in 2000. Before returning to Princeton, he worked for 30 years at the Computing Science Research Center of Bell Laboratories, where he was head of the Computing Structures Research Department from 1981 to 2000. Profes...
The Elements of Programming Style (with P. J. Plauger). McGraw-Hill, 1974; 2nd edition, 1978.Software Tools(with P. J. Plauger). Addison-Wesley, 1976.The C Programming Language(with D. M. Ritchie). Prentice-Hall, 1978; 2nd edition, 1988.Software Tools in Pascal(with P. J. Plauger). Addison-Wesley, 1981.Errata. Unix: A History and a Memoir. Since its creation in a Bell Labs attic in 1969, the Unix operating system has spread far beyond anything its creators could have imagined. It has led to the development of a great deal of innovative software, influenced myriad programmers, and changed the path of computer technology.
The C Programming Language (sometimes termed K&R, after its authors' initials) is a computer programming book written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the latter of whom originally designed and implemented the C programming language, as well as co-designed the Unix operating system with which development of the language was closely ...
- Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
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Aug 14, 2020 · With my history in Unix, I was thrilled to read Unix: A History and a Memoir (2019) by Brian Kernighan. You may recognize Kernighan's name; he is the author or co-author of a dozen books on computers and technology.
Jan 26, 2022 · Brian Kernighan, one of the original Unix gurus, shares his insights into the origins of Unix and its associated technology.
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