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Brian Kernighan Reflects on "The Practice of Programming"
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In this very special episode of Book Overflow, Dr. Brian Kernighan, the author of "The Practice of Programming" joins us to discuss his experience writing the book! Tune in as he talks about his experience at Bell Labs, what it was like co-authoring the book with Rob Pike, his thoughts on LLMs and the future of programming, and more!
00:00 - Intro
02:38 - Why write this book?
12:23 - Working at Bell Labs
16:29 - Life Learning Process
22:33 - What motivates you to write a book?
28:13 - AI and LLMs
35:48 - Layers of Abstraction
37:50 - What excites you about the future?
41:34 - Programmatic Thinking in Humanities
50:13 - Favorite Books
57:39 - Closing Thoughts
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