1 HN user recommended this podcast episode1 month2020–2022score 1
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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)
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]
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