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

Brian Kernighan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University. He co-authored the C Programming Language with Dennis Ritchie (creator of C) and has written a lot of books on programming, computers, and life including the Practice of Programming, the Go Programming Language, his latest UNIX: A History and a Memoir. He co-created AWK, the text processing language used by Linux folks like myself. He co-designed AMPL, an algebraic modeling language for large-scale optimization. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex - Raycon: http://buyraycon.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Brian's website: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/ Unix: A History and a Memoir (book): https://amzn.to/3fFJ1yM Understanding the Digital World (book): https://amzn.to/30ktBJI PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 4:24 - UNIX early days 22:09 - Unix philosophy 31:54 - Is programming art or science? 35:18 - AWK 42:03 - Programming setup 46:39 - History of programming languages 52:48 - C programming language 58:44 - Go language 1:01:57 - Learning new programming languages 1:04:57 - Javascript 1:08:16 - Variety of programming languages 1:10:30 - AMPL 1:18:01 - Graph theory 1:22:20 - AI in 1964 1:27:50 - Future of AI 1:29:47 - Moore's law 1:32:54 - Computers in our world 1:40:37 - Life CONNECT: - Subscribe to this YouTube channel - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

Lex FridmanhostBrian Kernighanguest
Jul 18, 20201h 43mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 4:24

    Introduction

  2. 4:24 – 22:09

    UNIX early days

  3. 22:09 – 31:54

    Unix philosophy

  4. 31:54 – 35:18

    Is programming art or science?

  5. 35:18 – 42:03

    AWK

  6. 42:03 – 46:39

    Programming setup

  7. 46:39 – 52:48

    History of programming languages

  8. 52:48 – 58:44

    C programming language

  9. 58:44 – 1:01:57

    Go language

  10. 1:01:57 – 1:04:57

    Learning new programming languages

  11. 1:04:57 – 1:08:16

    Javascript

  12. 1:08:16 – 1:10:30

    Variety of programming languages

  13. 1:10:30 – 1:18:01

    AMPL

  14. 1:18:01 – 1:22:20

    Graph theory

  15. 1:22:20 – 1:27:50

    AI in 1964

  16. 1:27:50 – 1:29:47

    Future of AI

  17. 1:29:47 – 1:32:54

    Moore's law

  18. 1:32:54 – 1:40:37

    Computers in our world

  19. 1:40:37 – 1:43:09

    Life

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