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I'm enrolled in this class now--pretty funny to see it on the front page of HN. For anyone who's interested, the lectures generally consist of very high-level
by crm416 13y ago
I'm enrolled in this class now--pretty funny to see it on the front page of HN.
For anyone who's interested, the lectures generally consist of very high-level views of various elements of programming; anything from version-control to a C++.
IMO the best parts of the lectures are Kernighan's anecdotes: he constantly drops in stories from his time at Bell Labs, and even includes some correspondences and comments from the very programmers who created the technologies on which he lectures.
- mlacitation 13y agoDo you remember any? I'd love to hear some!
- crm416 13y agoI do! Although not totally sure if Professor Kernighan intended for them to leave the classroom. Occasionally he'll throw an email from a former associate into the lecture slides (e.g., James Gosling), but I've noticed that he's removed them from the public-facing slides on the site, which makes me think I should be somewhat cautious. Maybe eventually, with his permission, I'll write some up and post them on HN.
- _vn5r 13y agoAre we going to see these lectures online anytime soon?
- thomasjames 13y agoPlease ask him what motivated the decision to use Comic Sans in the lecture notes. I'd have loved to read them otherwise.