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Brian Kernighan

Professor at Princeton University, Author, Co-author of the 'C Programming Language' book, Former Bell Labs researcher

About

Brian Kernighan is a renowned computer scientist and professor at Princeton University.
He co-authored the seminal book 'The C Programming Language' with Dennis Ritchie, which has had a profound impact on software development.
Kernighan played a key role in the development of Unix at Bell Labs and has contributed extensively to programming languages and software engineering.
He continues to teach, write, and innovate in the field of computer science.

Areas of Expertise

computer scientist author

Recent Podcasts

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Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109

Topic: Computer Science and Programming Languages

01:43:10734,01914,2785 years ago
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