Electronic Design

Interview: Brian Kernighan Talks About Computers, Programming And Writing

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 ...
Princeton University

With book on new computer language, Kernighan guides students at Princeton and beyond

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," ...
Electronic Design

Remembering The C Programming Language

Dennis Ritchie, co-author of The C Programming Language, recently passed away. The embedded community has been built on the C programming language. It remains at the top of the list for programming ...
The Daily Princetonian

Teaching keeps you young, or so says Professor Brian Kernighan

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 ...
Forbes India

Brian Kernighan: No one Thought C Would Become So Big

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) ...