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Brian W. Kernighan

b. 1942

1 series 1 book in order

Brian Wilson Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside its creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. He became widely known as co-author, with Dennis Ritchie, of the first book on the C programming language, which he is credited with on our catalog as The C Programming Language. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born
1942
Known for
Q93271856

Series by Brian W. Kernighan

Q93271856

1 book in order · 1988

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How many books has Brian W. Kernighan written?

We list 1 book by Brian W. Kernighan across 1 series, published in 1988 — each shown in full reading order.

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