Sometimes the old ways are best

Brian Kernighan

doi:10.1109/MS.2008.161

Sometimes the old ways are best

Brian Kernighan

Princeton University

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Abstract

Brian Kernighan looks back at what has and has not changed in computing, programming, and tools over the last 30 years. He discusses what we want from our tools and reveals his favorites.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	18-19
Number of pages	2
Journal	IEEE Software
Volume	25
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2008.161
State	Published - 2008

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Software

Keywords

Books
Computer hacking
Integrated development environment
Linux
Manuals
Paints
Software development tool
Software tool
Software tools
Visualization

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