If you have ever looked at C as a programming language then you have probably seen or read, like I did, “The C Programming Language” by Brian Kernighan (Fig. 1) and Dennis Ritchie. It probably did ...

As an undergraduate, Rob Pike first read Brian Kernighan's book on the C programming language while home sick from classes at the University of Toronto. "I lay in bed and I read it cover to cover," ...

After attending Princeton as a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1969, Brian Kernighan returned to the University in 2000 as a professor in the computer science ...

Brian Kernighan Age: 69 Education: Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor’s in Engineering Physics Career: Princeton University, Bell Labs Interests: Walking, reading (history and detective stories) ...

If you thought that C is the kind of language that only 60-year-old white men know, think again. Yeah, it’s the dinosaur among today’s programming languages. But it’s still alive and kicking in more ...