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Brian Wilson Kernighan (/ ˈ k ɜːr n ɪ h æ n /; born January 30, 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie .
Recent Books. The AWK Programming Language, Second Edition, by Al Aho, Brian Kernighan and Peter Weinberger. Book web site www.awk.dev . Available in paperback and e-book formats. Order at Amazon . Translations into other languages are in the works.
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Professor Brian W. Kernighan, who earned his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1969, joined the department in 2000. Before returning to Princeton, he worked for 30 years at the Computing Science Research Center of Bell Laboratories, where he was head of the Computing Structures Research Department from 1981 to 2000.
The C Programming Language (sometimes termed K&R, after its authors' initials) is a computer programming book written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the latter of whom originally designed and implemented the C programming language, as well as co-designed the Unix operating system with which development of the language was ...
1970. An effective heuristic algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem. S Lin, BW Kernighan. Operations research 21 (2), 498-516. , 1973. 5689. 1973. AMPL. A modeling language for mathematical programming.
Aug 14, 2020 · If you use Linux or Unix, you'll want to read this interview with Brian Kernighan about the origins of Unix, from his book 'Unix: A History and a Memoir.
Jan 26, 2022 · Brian Kernighan, one of the original Unix gurus, shares his insights into the origins of Unix and its associated technology.
Mashey: Well, hello, Brian. It’s great to see you again. Been a long time. So we’re here at Princeton, with Brian Kernighan, and we want to go do a whole oral history with him. So why don’t we start at the beginning. As I recall, you’re Canadian. Kernighan: That is right.
Recent books by Brian Kernighan. Unix: A History and a Memoir. This book is part history and part memoir. It tells the story of the origin of Unix, explaining what Unix is, how it came about, and why it matters. Accessible to non-specialists, the book is written for anyone with an interest in computing or the history of inventions.
May 30, 2024 · Brian Kernighan is a leading scholar and educator in programming languages and digital humanities. His twelve books and many papers have had a profound impact on the field of software.
