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Nice quick (3+ mins.) YouTube video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsk5L225Zs>
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In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$[email protected]>,
Michael Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:

Nice quick (3+ mins.) YouTube video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsk5L225Zs>

Interesting. A few comments:

1) Where did this come from? It looks like an extract of a larger
interview. Any chance of seeing the rest of the interview?

2) For as long as I can remember, I've been pronouncing Kernighan with
a "G" sound, but on the video, he pronounces it "-han" rather than
"-gan". I realized that it is one of those words I've never actually
heard pronounced - only written (*). So, which is correct?

(*) And thus, in many cases, have been mis-pronouncing all my life.

3) I have long held the view that AWK is the perfect language in that
it is the right mix of high-level and low-level. Low-level enough to
get actual work done, yet high-level enough to be easy to write. Few
other languages (if any) hit the sweet spot so well. I think this
video brings that idea out.
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On 2026-01-08, Kenny McCormack <[email protected]> wrote:

2) For as long as I can remember, I've been pronouncing Kernighan with
a "G" sound, but on the video, he pronounces it "-han" rather than
"-gan". I realized that it is one of those words I've never actually
heard pronounced - only written (*). So, which is correct?

Wikipedia gives the pronunciation with /h/ and helpfully links to
these instances of the man introducing himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ba1XFVy7qw&t=27s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe5ffO6Ouwg&t=18s

Also from Wikipedia: "Kernaghan is a surname. Other spellings include Kernochan, Kernohan, Kernighan, and Kernahan."
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:05:24 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$[email protected]>,
Michael Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:

Nice quick (3+ mins.) YouTube video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsk5L225Zs>

Interesting. A few comments:

1) Where did this come from? It looks like an extract of a larger
interview. Any chance of seeing the rest of the interview?

Emerged in my YouTube feed (algorithm...)

2) For as long as I can remember, I've been pronouncing Kernighan with
a "G" sound, but on the video, he pronounces it "-han" rather than
"-gan". I realized that it is one of those words I've never actually
heard pronounced - only written (*). So, which is correct?

Couldn't say.

(*) And thus, in many cases, have been mis-pronouncing all my life.

3) I have long held the view that AWK is the perfect language in that
it is the right mix of high-level and low-level. Low-level enough to
get actual work done, yet high-level enough to be easy to write. Few
other languages (if any) hit the sweet spot so well. I think this
video brings that idea out.

Yup. Also checkout the Computerphile channel:

<https://www.youtube.com/@Computerphile>

Which has an interview with Brian Kernighan:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNyQxXw_oMQ>
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Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$[email protected]>,
Michael Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:

Nice quick (3+ mins.) YouTube video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsk5L225Zs>

Interesting. A few comments:

1) Where did this come from? It looks like an extract of a larger
interview. Any chance of seeing the rest of the interview?

the viedwo description links to https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/aho_1046358.cfm

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