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    From Michael Sanders@porkchop@invalid.foo to comp.lang.awk on Thu Jan 8 12:18:49 2026
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    Nice quick (3+ mins.) YouTube video:

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsk5L225Zs>
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    Mike Sanders
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  • From gazelle@gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) to comp.lang.awk on Thu Jan 8 13:05:24 2026
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    In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$1@dont-email.me>,
    Michael Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> 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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  • From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to comp.lang.awk on Thu Jan 8 14:53:02 2026
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    On 2026-01-08, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> 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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    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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  • From Michael Sanders@porkchop@invalid.foo to comp.lang.awk on Thu Jan 8 16:10:15 2026
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    On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:05:24 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote:

    In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$1@dont-email.me>,
    Michael Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> 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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    Mike Sanders
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  • From Lorenz@lorenznl@yahoo.com to comp.lang.awk on Fri Jan 9 08:03:56 2026
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    Kenny McCormack wrote:

    In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$1@dont-email.me>,
    Michael Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> 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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