[crm416]

I'm enrolled in this class now--pretty funny to see it on the front page of HN.

For anyone who's interested, the lectures generally consist of very high-level views of various elements of programming; anything from version-control to a C++.

IMO the best parts of the lectures are Kernighan's anecdotes: he constantly drops in stories from his time at Bell Labs, and even includes some correspondences and comments from the very programmers who created the technologies on which he lectures.

[mlacitation]

Do you remember any? I'd love to hear some!

[crm416]

I do! Although not totally sure if Professor Kernighan intended for them to leave the classroom. Occasionally he'll throw an email from a former associate into the lecture slides (e.g., James Gosling), but I've noticed that he's removed them from the public-facing slides on the site, which makes me think I should be somewhat cautious. Maybe eventually, with his permission, I'll write some up and post them on HN.

[thomasjames]

Please ask him what motivated the decision to use Comic Sans in the lecture notes. I'd have loved to read them otherwise.