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I recognized the names of two of the authors immediately, David F. Brailsford, and Brian W. Kernighan. Not only are they both contemporaries of Ritchie, but Ker

by qart 4y ago

I recognized the names of two of the authors immediately, David F. Brailsford, and Brian W. Kernighan. Not only are they both contemporaries of Ritchie, but Kernighan was a close colleague too.

scrame 4y ago
Yeah, Kernighan is the K in K&R as in the other author of "The C Programming Language" as well as the "K" in awk, he's not just some dude speculating.
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thrdbndndn 4y ago
And the third one is his younger brother.
suprjami 4y ago
David Brailsford is an absolute gem, he speaks at length on Numberphile and Computerphile on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUTypj9XuPp4YBaHucPvr-zisHwfEGIEq https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUTypj9XuPp4YBaHucPvr-zis... He has a video about Dennis' thesis here: https://youtu.be/82TxNejKsng https://youtu.be/82TxNejKsng
- cmdrriker 4y ago
  IMHO, he's the David Attenborough of Computer History.
canadianfella 4y ago
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