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Computer Science - Brian Kernighan on successful language design
University of Nottingham · 3 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2015–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 9 other lecture videos tagged Programming language design, the mean is 5.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 4.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
38% of its 8 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 60 minutes 6 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2015-11-17.
- Channel / speaker
- University of Nottingham
- Verified runtime
- 1h 0m 6s
- YouTube upload date
- 2015-11-17
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other lecture videos in Programming language design. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science - Brian Kernighan on successful language designCurrent video | 3 | 2 | 38% | — | 1h 0m 6s | 2015-11-17 |
| Lecture 1A | MIT 6.001 Structure and Interpretation, 1986lecture · MIT OpenCourseWare | 11 | 9 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 72m 56s | 2009-04-08 |
| Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Yearslecture · YUI Library | 10 | 10 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 102m 9s | 2011-09-10 |
| In Search of Tomorrowlecture · Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) | 9 | 6 | 71% | No recorded overlap | 56m 27s | 2015-12-11 |
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 recommendation in “Most(LY Dead) Influential Programming Languages (2020)”. Its short rationale: Practical advice for building a language, plus his journey with awk.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Most(LY Dead) Influential Programming Languages (2020)”. Its short rationale: Excellent talk on designing successful programming languages, with historical context.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Unix: A History and a Memoir, by Brian Kernighan”. Its short rationale: More background on awk from Kernighan.