interview · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Where GREP Came From - Computerphile
Computerphile · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2018–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 26 other interview videos tagged History of computing, the mean is 1.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 1.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2018–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Computerphile
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other interview videos in History of computing. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where GREP Came From - ComputerphileCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 50% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| VCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighaninterview · Vintage Computer Federation | 11 | 10 | 61% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Mind Behind Windows: Dave Cutlerinterview · Dave's Garage | 4 | 3 | 33% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Avie Tevanian: CMU math whiz goes from Mach to NeXT to Apple Software Chief | Oral History Part 1interview · Computer History Museum | 3 | 5 | 100% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “The Birth of Unix with Brian Kernighan”. Its short rationale: Kernighan on grep's origins, with a memorable closing line.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The State of the Awk”. Its short rationale: Kernighan's account of the origins of grep.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “A Requiem for a Dying Operating System (1994)”. Its short rationale: Kernighan explains where grep came from.