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Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109

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1 HN user recommended this podcast episode1 month2020–2022 score 1
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Mentioned as a favorite podcast episode and as a source of firsthand computing history, such as timesharing.

Lex Fridman interviews Brian Kernighan, co-author of The C Programming Language and co-creator of AWK and AMPL. They discuss Unix, C, Go and his memoir on the history of Unix.

“Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well.” (HN, 2020)

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@Pandabob Dec 2020 Recommends
on HN thread Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well. Lex really does a great show and has amazing guests. [0]: [link] [1]: [this video]
Kernighan interview on Lex Fridman's show

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@not_knuth Mar 2021 Cites it
on HN thread RethinkDB: why we failed (2017)
Relevant piece of history on timesharing in relation to cloud computing by the legend that is Brian Kernighan: [this video] (05:40 - 10:50)
Kernighan on timesharing history and its link to cloud computing

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