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Brian Kernighan, an Uncommon card
Brian Wilson Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Brian Kernighan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brian Kernighan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Kernighan affirmed that he had no part in the ______ of the C language.
Answer
design. Kernighan affirmed that he had no part in the design of the C language. From the Brian Kernighan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Charles Goodyear. Charles Goodyear 66 · Brian Kernighan 63 · Colorado River 58 · Dawn 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
- Kernighan's name became widely known through co-authorship of the first book on the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie.
- Kernighan affirmed that he had no part in the design of the C language.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brian Kernighan article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Brian Kernighan
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Brian Kernighan in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Chris PolandUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 46
- Colorado RiverUncommon · Nature · ATK 58 DEF 50
- Avery WilsonUncommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 47
- Syr DaryaUncommon · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 45
- Chūgoku regionUncommon · Nature · ATK 59 DEF 49
- Jimmy BowerUncommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 48
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brian Kernighan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jw12321, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
