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> When K&R invented C Side note, Kernighan (of K&R) did not have any part in the invention of C, it was all Dennis Ritchie. Kernighan famously wrote the book o
by frutiger 7y ago
> When K&R invented C
Side note, Kernighan (of K&R) did not have any part in the invention of C, it was all Dennis Ritchie. Kernighan famously wrote the book on it with Ritchie but that was it.
In his own words[1]:
> remember, C is entirely the work of Dennis Ritchie, I am but a popularizer
1. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/kernighan-interview/ https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/kernighan-interview/