CoRecursive: Coding Stories

By Adam Gordon Bell - Software Developer

Story: The Birth of Unix with Brian Kernighan

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Published November 01, 2020 5:00am

As Brian Kernighan said “UNIX since the start has become a vehicle for creating and using programming languages.” Brian initiated work on what would become the UNIX system. He helped develop it to run on a minicomputer and would eventually be ported to other computers.

In this episode, Brain will go in-depth on how the UNIX was built.

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“If you wanted, you could go sit in your office and think deep thoughts or program, or write on your own blackboard or whatever, but then come back to the co...

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