
Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109
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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.
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Mentioned as a favorite podcast episode and as a source of firsthand computing history, such as timesharing.
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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]: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Relevant piece of history on timesharing in relation to cloud computing by the legend that is Brian Kernighan: [VIDEO] (05:40 - 10:50)
Read original comment ↗Two years ago, he used macOS on a 13" MacBook Air and an iMac, as per his conversation with Lex Fridman: [VIDEO]
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