How Old Is Brian Kernighan? Brian Kernighan Birthday
Brian Kernighan was born on January 1, 1942 and is 82 years old now.
Birthday: January 1, 1942
How Old - Age: 82
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Brian Kernighan - Biography
Brian Wilson Kernighan (/ˈkɜrnɨhæn/; born January 1, 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and contributed to the development of Unix. He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages. The "K" of K&R C and the "K" in AWK both stand for "Kernighan". Since 2000 Brian Kernighan has been a Professor at the Computer Science Department of Princeton University, where he is also the Undergraduate Department Representative.
