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It might be nice if whoever put in that make-believe backronym could provide a citation. As having met bwk I know what the origin is. And it certainly wasn't as ambitious as stated in the article. It was a joke.
Surely you're insulting Brian (who would be but amused) by putting the trivial Hello World in as one of his achievements? The code is not significant - his tutorial style is. Hello World established that your development environment works. And of course leads to the next questions as all good tutors do.
CharlesTheBold ( talk) 22:05, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
wiki has spelled brian willson as brain wllson _____ the "i" is missing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.124.70.116 ( talk) 09:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
What is the "essence of C/Unix thinking"? Thank you for explanations. -- Abdull ( talk) 22:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
What is the source of for "BASIC" there? -- Mcguire ( talk) 17:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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Should there be a mention of Kernighan's Law?
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
I don't know if there should be just a mention here or a whole new article, but some recognition of it should probably be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.92.50.150 ( talk) 15:47, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hello there! I have added the part "Programming Setup" with some details about his programming setup from an interview of him by Lex Fridman. I just want to know if is it ok and not against the rules and regulations.
Thank you. ResunS ( talk) 15:52, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
Do we actually have a confirmed source for his place of birth? Link referenced is behind a paywall but I suspect even if it does say "Toronto" that is more an inaccuracy by the author (vs "Toronto area"). This came up as he was recently inducted into the Milton Walk of Fame [1](Milton is a tiny town, pop would be less than 10k at BK dob, so I can totally see a national paper simply referring to it as Toronto). Milton Historical Society lists him as a Milton not Toronto resident. Kav2001c ( talk) 01:17, 15 February 2023 (UTC)kav2001c
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Why no Order of Canada for Prof. Kernighan when every pop singer gets one? 142.205.202.71 ( talk) 18:10, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
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It might be nice if whoever put in that make-believe backronym could provide a citation. As having met bwk I know what the origin is. And it certainly wasn't as ambitious as stated in the article. It was a joke.
Surely you're insulting Brian (who would be but amused) by putting the trivial Hello World in as one of his achievements? The code is not significant - his tutorial style is. Hello World established that your development environment works. And of course leads to the next questions as all good tutors do.
CharlesTheBold ( talk) 22:05, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
wiki has spelled brian willson as brain wllson _____ the "i" is missing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.124.70.116 ( talk) 09:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
What is the "essence of C/Unix thinking"? Thank you for explanations. -- Abdull ( talk) 22:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
What is the source of for "BASIC" there? -- Mcguire ( talk) 17:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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Should there be a mention of Kernighan's Law?
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
I don't know if there should be just a mention here or a whole new article, but some recognition of it should probably be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.92.50.150 ( talk) 15:47, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hello there! I have added the part "Programming Setup" with some details about his programming setup from an interview of him by Lex Fridman. I just want to know if is it ok and not against the rules and regulations.
Thank you. ResunS ( talk) 15:52, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
Do we actually have a confirmed source for his place of birth? Link referenced is behind a paywall but I suspect even if it does say "Toronto" that is more an inaccuracy by the author (vs "Toronto area"). This came up as he was recently inducted into the Milton Walk of Fame [1](Milton is a tiny town, pop would be less than 10k at BK dob, so I can totally see a national paper simply referring to it as Toronto). Milton Historical Society lists him as a Milton not Toronto resident. Kav2001c ( talk) 01:17, 15 February 2023 (UTC)kav2001c
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Why no Order of Canada for Prof. Kernighan when every pop singer gets one? 142.205.202.71 ( talk) 18:10, 9 July 2023 (UTC)