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Linux Journal Interview With Brian Kernighan

Posted by timothy on from the real-life-wisdom dept.

pndiku writes "Linux Journal has an interesting interview with Brian Kernighan where he talks about AWK, AMPL and how he had nothing to do with the creation of C."

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  1. Re:If I were Brian... by edwdig · · Score: 2, Troll

    The problem isn't:

    int foo, *bar;

    The problem is when the C++ people come and insist you put the * by the type instead of by the variable.

    int* foo, bar;

    That line confuses the hell out of people learning the language. foo is a pointer, bar isn't. That's the big reason I always insist on putting the * by the variable name rather than by the type.

  2. pascal ? by andy666 · · Score: 0, Troll

    LJ: You called C "the best balance of expressiveness and efficiency". What about Pascal? There are legions of Pascal programmers in the world. Is it less expressive or less efficient than C?

    i don't get this. is the interviewer from mars ? who programs in pascal anymore ?