Talk:Brian Kernighan

message: 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)
thread_title: spelling mistake

message: :"His "Software Tools" series spread the essence of 'C/Unix thinking' with makeovers for BASIC, FORTRAN, and Pascal [...]
What is the "essence of C/Unix thinking"? Thank you for explanations. --Abdull (talk) 22:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is "write programs that do one thing and do it well". Other definitions can be found at "Unix philosophy" -- Marcika (talk) 13:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  C/Unix thinking 

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message: 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)
replies: text: this quote is suitable in his wikiquote page and it's already there. check this, the 3rd quote: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan ResunS (talk) 16:01, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kernighan's Law 

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message: 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)
thread_title:  Need consent about the "Programming Setup" part 

message: 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 https://www.milton.ca/en/arts-and-recreation/resources/Milton-Walk-of-Fame-Inductees.pdf(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)
thread_title:  Early Life Section 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Order of Canada?