Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
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@malkz

Yes, very. We use these tools every day without giving them a second thought, but the stories behind them are really great. was and is is brilliant. Worth looking out his interview with from a few years back. Hilarious. These guys invented the we know today.

#unix #BrianKernighan #kenthompson

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Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1335 followers · 3268 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Vivienne Dunstan · @vivdunstan
616 followers · 409 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Just 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. vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/3377

#BrianKernighan #cprogramming #computing #computerscience #princetonuniversity #princeton #academia

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Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews
11283 followers · 97989 posts · Server aspiechattr.me

Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code

arstechnica.com/?p=1875462

&IT #

#BrianKernighan #biz #github #tech #unix #awk #git #c

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Pirate Bady · @bady
35 followers · 2153 posts · Server aana.site

"The most effective tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements."

, "Unix for Beginners" (1979)

#debugging #BrianKernighan

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