Brian Kernighan Reflects on "The Practice of Programming" [video]
The YouTube video features author Brian Kernighan discussing "The Practice of Programming" book, programming language development, industry changes, memory management in C/C++, CSV parsing challenges, and computing resources impact on software engineering.
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The YouTube video at the given URL showcases author Brian Kernighan talking about his book "The Practice of Programming" and diverse computing subjects. Kernighan delves into the development of programming languages, shifts in the industry, memory management in languages such as C and C++, difficulties encountered in CSV parsing, and the influence of computing resources on software engineering methodologies.
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14 commentsTo give a concrete example; i had some experience in network programming/protocol implementations before i came across this book. In the "Notations" chapter, they show network message pack/unpack routines written in the style of printf/scanf functions with format strings specifying the packet layout! This was a eye-opening lesson for me in the use of proper notations and little languages. There is also some code snippet examples showing ideas behind Virtual Machines, Code Threading, JIT compilation etc.
Folks should also get Kernighan and Pike's older book "The Unix Programming Environment" to go with this. The chapter "Program Development" gives a complete example of developing a compiler for a small calculator language using compiler development tools (and no theory!) in around 50 pages. This is the smallest and simplest exposition that i know of on how to write a compiler.
In summary; get all of Kernighan's books and study them! :-)
Brian Kernighan prob couldn’t pass a leetcode hard interview in this ridiculous new world
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bentley_(computer_scient...
You should try to get Rob Pike on. He'd probably make it a point to correct your pronunciation. I can hear him now...
Thanks for sharing, OP.
I added "The Bit Player" (Claude Shannon documentary from 2018) to my watch list as well as "Recoding America," "Chip War," and "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" to my reading list.
I own a copy of that book and think it is good.
that link mentions many more of his achievements.
Both good books, and both were co-authored by Kernighan. I think they complement each other well.
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