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Speaking of Brian Kernighan, grep, and codas, there’s a (very) short afterward to Kernighan’s excellent video telling the story of the origin of greps’s name. At the end of that video (if you haven’t watched it, you definitely should) Kernighan … Continue reading →

Virtually everyone in our profession knows about grep and how to use it. But do you know where the name came from? If you’re old enough to remember the pre-Linux days you probably do. If you’ve never worked on a … Continue reading →