[Novalug] DC ACM Lecture, Monday April 30

[Winter]

(With a nod to Greg Pryzby)

The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), in 
collaboration with the student ACM chapter at George Washington 
University, proudly presents the first 2007 lecture:

Speaker:  Dr. Brian Kernighan

Dr. Kernighan worked alongside UNIX creators Ken Thompson and Dennis 
Ritchie and contributed significantly to the UNIX school of thought.  He 
is also co-author of the AWK and AMPL programming languages as well as 
co-author of the book "The C Programming Language".

Topic:  The UNIX Legacy

Since its creation in an attic at Bell Labs more than 30 years ago, the 
Unix operating system has spread far beyond anything than its creators 
could possibly have imagined.  It has led to the development of much 
innovative software, and has influenced myriad programmers, usually for 
the better, while affecting other operating systems lamentably little.
In this talk, Dr. Kernighan will describe some of the early days and the 
golden age, and then in the light of more recent times discuss what the 
Unix legacy might turn out to be.

When:  Monday, 30 April 2007.  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where:

George Washington University Campus
Funger Hall, lecture room 108
2201 G St. NW
Washington, DC 20052
(2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro)

This lecture is free and open to the public.

ACM membership is not required to attend.

Questions and comments can be directed to William Fielder at
<wfielder at acm.org>.

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William Fielder
Acting Chair of DC Chapter of the ACM