Brian W Kernighan

Brian Kernighan received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1969. He was in the Computing Science Research Center at Bell Laboratories from 1969 to 2000 and now teaches in the Computer Science department at Princeton. He is the co-author of several computer science books, including THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE and THE UNIX PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT.

Brian W Kernighan book reviews

  • The C Programming Language 2 out of 5

    A very old book!

    by tommy01, Jun 23, 2011

    I thought this book might help with my c assignment but it is outdated. The file IO is no longer relevant. Some code is still usefull, but all in all, it's to old to purchase. read more

  • The Practice of Programming 5 out of 5

    bought for son who loves to code

    by Karen M, May 26, 2011

    Book was recommended by comp sci professor 5 stars, great book. read more

  • The C Programming Language 5 out of 5

    The programmer's bible!

    by mwksoul, Jun 15, 2008

    As a tech lover, searching to know more about computers I wanted to learn a powerful, but relatively easy programming language. I chose C. Then I searched for a book on the net. This one was the book ... read more

Get $300 in coupons and other goodies. Sign up for newsletter No, thank you.

You're signed up (and we you). Watch for our Welcome e-mail and your first coupon. Thanks!