766K views · Jul 18, 2020 · 1:43:10 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2020–2022
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 points people here: Mentioned as a favorite podcast episode and as a source of firsthand computing history, such as timesharing.
“Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well.”HN comment, 2020
“Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well.”
Kernighan interview on Lex Fridman's show
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
“Relevant piece of history on timesharing in relation to cloud computing by the legend that is Brian Kernighan”
Kernighan on timesharing history and its link to cloud computing
Relevant piece of history on timesharing in relation to cloud computing by the legend that is Brian Kernighan: this video (05:40 - 10:50)
“as per his conversation with Lex Fridman”
Kernighan's conversation mentions his computers
Two years ago, he used macOS on a 13" MacBook Air and an iMac, as per his conversation with Lex Fridman: this video
