Brian Kernighan

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Brian Kernighan

Brian Kernighan AKA Brian Wilson Kernighan

Born: 1942
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Computer Programmer, Educator

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: The C Programming Language, awk

University: BS Engineering Physics, University of Toronto (1964)
University: PhD Electrical Engineering, Princeton University (1969)
Professor: Computer Science, Princeton University (1999-)

Bell Laboratories
National Academy of Engineering 2002

Official Website:
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/

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