How long does it take to read The Elements of Programming Style?
Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger
The Elements of Programming Style by Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger takes about 2 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 54 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1974. 158 pages, about 43,450 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Computer programming, Programmation (Informatique), Computers, Internal Migration, Urbanization, Operations Research