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The pronunciation is shown here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan Also note BK's preference for

The pronunciation is shown here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan Also note BK's preference for his Desert-Island Programming Language: "He has said that if stranded on an island with only one programming language it would have to be C." I trust that the air-gap would keep him safe. ^_^

fsckboy 2y ago
>if stranded on an island with only one programming language it would have to be C evil plotting raccoon meme: strand Kernighan on an island with just a LISP machine https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/028/727/Screen_Shot_2019-02-26_at_3.38.50_PM.png https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/028/727/Scr...
- shawn_w 2y ago
  He then writes a C compiler in Lisp. Checkmate.
  - kazinator 2y ago
    Kernighan would probably first write the simplest possible C interpreter in Lisp, so he could then write the C compiler in C and get it bootstrapped.
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kazinator 2y ago
Mainly how the air gap would keep him safe would be by preventing updates of ISO C and GCC.