Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-07-18

Books mentioned on #109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming

3 books · With Brian Kernighan · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Brian Kernighan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Unix

    Brian W. Kernighan · at 21:55

    Discussed
    “but you know if you had to pick a single person that would be can see if written in you book UNIX a history and a memoir are there some memorable human stories funny or profound from that time they just kind of stand out”
    Where to get it
  2. The C Programming Language

    Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie · at 53:52

    Discussed
    “you're you wrote a book C programming language”
    Where to get it
  3. The Go Programming Language

    Alan A. A. Donovan, Brian W. Kernighan · at 59:50

    Discussed
    “so you've also written a book on go language I'd have to admit so I worked at Google for a while and I've never used go”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Practice of Programming
“he co-authored the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie the creator of C and has written a lot of books on programming computers and life including the practice of programming the goal programming language and his latest UNIX a history and a memoir”
Passing The Go Programming Language
“he co-authored the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie the creator of C and has written a lot of books on programming computers and life including the practice of programming the goal programming language and his latest UNIX a history and a memoir”
Passing Memoir of the Rev. John James Weitbrecht, of the Church Missionary Society
“he co-authored the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie the creator of C and has written a lot of books on programming computers and life including the practice of programming the goal programming language and his latest UNIX a history and a memoir”