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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

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