PandabobDec 2020Recommends
Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well. Lex really does a great show and has amazing guests. [0]: [link] [1]: ▶ this video
in “Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?” · View on HN
Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109
Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109 on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2020–2022.
Lex Fridman
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Lex Fridman interviews Brian Kernighan, co-author of The C Programming Language and co-creator of AWK and AMPL. They discuss Unix, C, Go and his memoir on the history of Unix.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mentioned as a favorite podcast episode and as a source of firsthand computing history, such as timesharing.
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- 2020–2022
“Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well.”
What HN commenters said
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
navesAug 2022Cites it
Two years ago, he used macOS on a 13" MacBook Air and an iMac, as per his conversation with Lex Fridman: ▶ this video
in “Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk” · View on HN
not_knuthMar 2021Cites it
Relevant piece of history on timesharing in relation to cloud computing by the legend that is Brian Kernighan: ▶ this video (05:40 - 10:50)
in “RethinkDB: why we failed (2017)” · View on HN
Topics & tags
Tech pioneers & interviewsHistory of computingC, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesbrian kernighanunixawkc languagecomputing history