The Legacy of Unix - Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan. Brian Kernighan, one of the inventors of Unix, discusses in detail how the idea came to be, who the key contributors were, and what about Unix made it so revolutionary. -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan https://amzn.to/40bB6mN (paid link) ---------------- 00:00 Intro 01:38 About the Book 04:19 Thoughts on the Book 12:08 Bell Labs, Multics, and Proto-Unix 31:54 Making Unix Useful to others 38:59 Unix Structure and Philosophy 53:18 7th Edition, Community, and Beyond Research 59:23 Unix, Universities, Growth, Plan 9, and Beyond 01:15:41 Final Thoughts --- Join our Discord Server:   / discord   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLC... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan Nathan's newsletter https://rojoroboto.com/newletter --- Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week! The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io