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Kernighan is one of the core authors of the language. So I'd say it's for more than just his technical writing skills.
by zaphar 12y ago
Kernighan is one of the core authors of the language. So I'd say it's for more than just his technical writing skills.
- osw 12y agoThe main authors are Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and Robert Griesemer, Kernighan knows Ken since the 70s and Rob knows both of them since the 80s.
- frou_dh 12y agoNo he isn't. Thompson gets slighted the same way by everyone thinking K&R _created_ C, when that was T&R. They may all be greybeards but they are in fact distinct people!
- mseepgood 12y agoYou're mixing up the Bell Labs / Unix greybeards. - Ken Thompson: Bell Labs, B, Unix, Plan 9, Go - Dennis Ritchie: Bell Labs, C, Unix - Rob Pike: Bell Labs, Unix contributor, Plan 9, Limbo, Go - Brian W. Kernighan: Bell Labs, Unix contributor, AWK, AMPL Books: - "The C Programming Language" - Kernighan & Richie - "The AWK Programming Language" - Kernighan & Aho - "The Elements of Programming Style" - Kernighan & Plauger - "The Unix Programming Environment" - Kernighan & Pike - "The Practice of Programming" - Kernighan & Pike - "The Go Programming Language" - Kernighan & Donovan