Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1335 followers · 3274 posts · Server mastodon.scotYes, very. We use these tools every day without giving them a second thought, but the stories behind them are really great. #KenThompson was and is is brilliant. Worth looking out his interview with #BrianKernighan from a few years back. Hilarious. These guys invented the #UNIX we know today.
#unix #BrianKernighan #kenthompson
Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1335 followers · 3268 posts · Server mastodon.scot#BrianKernighan - Where #GREP Came From - #Computerphile
"Commonly used grep was written overnight, but why and how did it get its name?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfOnGZUZDk&ab_channel=Computerphile
#BellLabs #Bell #Programming #UNIX #Linux #Pipeline #PipelineProgramming #InputOutput #ED #RegularExpression #RegularExpressions
#regularexpressions #regularexpression #ed #InputOutput #pipelineprogramming #pipeline #linux #unix #programming #bell #belllabs #computerphile #grep #BrianKernighan
Vivienne Dunstan · @vivdunstan
616 followers · 409 posts · Server mastodon.scotJust finished my 68th book of 2022, “Hello, World! Opinion columns from the Daily Princetonian” by Brian Kernighan. And just blogged brief thoughts on what I thought was a delightful collection of short essays on academia, computer science and more. https://vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/337793.html
#Academia #Princeton #PrincetonUniversity #ComputerScience #Computing #Cprogramming #BrianKernighan
#BrianKernighan #cprogramming #computing #computerscience #princetonuniversity #princeton #academia
Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews
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Pirate Bady · @bady
35 followers · 2153 posts · Server aana.site"The most effective #debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements."
— #BrianKernighan, "Unix for Beginners" (1979)