[kansai]

Describing the K of K&R as "Awk creator" is like describing Einstein as a "refrigerator engineer".

[overhead4075]

It's an awk interview. "Awk creator" is relevant.

[felideon]

Right, the headline gave the appropriate context for the interview in a short sentence. Not everyone knows Kernighan created awk, as opposed to a respected person that happens to have opinions on awk.

[riiii]

He didn't say it was irrelevant.

[midiguy]

I agree it was an incredibly awkward interview

[JohnFen]

Why do you say that? developing Awk was no less of an accomplishment than C.

[alexthehurst]

This seems like a rather large claim that would benefit from some kind of supporting argument.

[audleman]

I read this comment in the spirit of "you might not have known that K did much more that write awk, but he's a genius." Which I didn't know, so I appreciate the context.

[1234554321a]

He’s the closest man to C still alive. Yet it’s not really “his” accomplishment. C was created by Ritchie alone, Kernighan only wrote the book.

[aap_]

I would say Ken Thompson and Steve Johnson are the closer.