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10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by princejude(m): 9:43pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
The world of programming has come a long way and given rise to the most innovative and advanced programs, some of which were beyond anyone's imagination. But before we got to this, there were men and women who paved the way for what we have today. Here they are! 1. Ada Lovelace It may be seen as a new age thing with millions of lines of codes and imensely powerful computers, but one of the pioneers of programming was a woman named Ada Augusta King, a.k.a. Ada Lovelace. She was a mathematician who worked on Charles Babbage's mechanical general purpose computer known as the Analytical Engine. 2. Niklaus Wirth Widely recognised as one of the pioneer's of programming, this is the man who created languages like Pascal, Euler, Algol and many others. 3. Bill Gates A list of influential or greatest programmers can never be complete without mentioning the founder and creator of Microsoft. He has both admirers and haters, but no one can deny his contribution. 4. James Gosling This is the man who created the Java programming language, which is arguably one of the most influential languages of all time. 5. Guido van Rossum Have you heard of him? You've definitely heard of the language he created. This is the man behind the Python programming language. 6. Kenneth Thompson Call him Ken because that's what the hacker community calls him. He has worked for Google and developed the Go programming language while working there. He also developed the original Unix operating system and a programming language called B, which was the predecessor to the illustrious C programming language. 7. Donald Knuth This man is known as the father of anaylsis of algorithms for his contributions to the field of analysis and computational complexity of algorithms. 8. Brian Kernighan He is the co-creator and developer of the Unix, AWK and AMPL languages. 9. Tim Berners-Lee If you don't know this name then you should really work on increasing your awareness. This is the man who created the World Wide Web and hence gave us the lives we have today. 10. Bjarne Stroustrup This man created the C++ programming language. Yes, the language that gave rise to so many of the best known programs and programming languages. 11. Linus Torvalds Little needs to be said about this man. He's the creator of the Linux kernel, which is the base for so many operating systems. 12. Dennis Ritchie C++ is an offspring of the C programming language and Dennis Ritchie is the man who created C. http://efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=137953 |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Morhziez(m): 9:53pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
what of Philip Ema*** |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Nobody: 10:46pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
What about Seun that created Nairaland? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Donkunxex(m): 10:57pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
ApcBroom:u no see mark zukerberg for dere u dey find seun.... seun dey africa list sha 1 Like |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by ciphoenix: 3:06am On Oct 05, 2014 |
Why is Bill Gates there though? And Ken Thompson isn't. Who contributed more to "programming"? |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by WhiZTiM(m): 7:28am On Oct 05, 2014 |
Anders Hejlsberg ... I think that man deserves to be on the list. He is the creator of C#, Delphi, Typescript and I think Turbo Pascal. And a Technical Fellow at Microsoft.: That's a title akin to an Emeritus in Academia. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by GbengaPs(m): 7:33am On Oct 05, 2014 |
ciphoenix:He mentioned Ken thompson na. No.6 |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Nobody: 8:25am On Oct 05, 2014 |
Grace Hopper (Aka: the Lazy programmer): It was Grace’s insight that this was essential for the future of the computing industry (which at the time was mostly viewed as a new toy for mathematicians) which helped make computers relevant to the business world and helped create the information society we now live in. Source: http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/adalovelace/2013/10/11/grace-hopper-the-lazy-programmer-who-changed-the-world/ |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Nobody: 12:13pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
ApcBroom:.oga seun is too overrated!!!! Dafuq did he add to the programming world ? he's just like.the mark of Africa |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by asalimpo(m): 2:57pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
wat script is seun known for? That list is incomplete: bill joy - vi,tcp /ip richard stallman - emacs, free software *how could sombody leave out stallman!?* patrick naughton - java john carmack - id soft/doom *video game history * the guy who wrote d paypal algorithm. Was hard work. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by KazukiIto(m): 7:21pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
Morhziez: He is a Fraud!! |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by KazukiIto(m): 7:26pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
asalimpo: Baba I surprise why Bill Gates dey there and not John D. Carmack |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Nobody: 8:35pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
princejude:donald knuth did so much work for us and i believe that somehow we all now rest on his shoulder. in ñmm d d |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Djtm(m): 9:27pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
I read that list a while ago. people ' bashed' the list like.... |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by asalimpo(m): 9:48pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
Larry wall - perl fame. perl is d father of scripting languages. John von neumann - not a programmer per say, but without him theyd b no computers as we know them. He is reputed to hav created an algorithm. Watoff d creators of google and facebook? Google is a legit recognized verb. Nobody else on tht has expanded english language by the name of their company. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by drealboy(m): 12:07pm On Oct 06, 2014 |
imo Bill Gates shouldn't be in top ten. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by babatope88(m): 5:51pm On Oct 06, 2014 |
Where is my Rasmus Lerdorf? Robert Pike nko? let me do the needful here first 1 Like |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Kidstell: 1:45am On Oct 08, 2014 |
ciphoenix:Bill did not invent a language but was the first to write an operating system wit a convenient gui, though he was an intern @ his mums work place (IBM) IBM bought the software for each computer he continued to make more innovations to operating system and today every language in the world has a microsoft version eg javascript and jscript actionscript and activeX... Many more... Recently microsoft's new boss wants to stop inventing microsoft version so that others will learn to appreciate microsoft original initiative... this decision is due to the current level of appreciation people have for open source apps... Bill also was the first code evengelist in his early twenties fighting people who stole other people code and idea... if microsoft stops work today... Or stops being effecient... The syndrome will affect many people in the IT industry because it indirectly d source of moral... Why? Almost all programmers are using windows OS... Most of which have been cracked... Can you try that with MAC OS... If steve jobs was in this list it will be because he was the only person who managed to compete with gates in the idea market... |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by KazukiIto(m): 9:56am On Oct 08, 2014 |
Kidstell: Negro we are discussing about "Greatest Programmers in History" and you are mentioning Gates and Jobs. Gates is a talented "Businessman" and Jobs was a talented "Stylish Businessman". They don't qualify at all in the context we are discussing right now. And Gates being the first to design a convenient GUI, negro go do more research. 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by drealboy(m): 10:21am On Oct 08, 2014 |
Kidstell: what do you mean by convenient GUI? Bill did not invent GUI. the first GUI was developed by XEROX which later inspired Apple's GUI.So Microsoft was not even the first nor the second to develop GUI OS. Microsoft having her own version of some language like Jscript for JavaScript boils down to platform thing. In developed countries today most folks don't even use Microsoft OS, they mostly use MAC, Microsoft OS is only heavily use in Africa. Almost all programmers using OS?That depends on the market and location but i tell u what? working with Microsoft own languages is a nightmare for programmers because of cross platform issues,although that has reduced significantly.No serious programmers wants to be tied down by platform. Real programmers use Unix Based OS. Bill is great, i meant one the greatest thing that has ever happened to humanity but so are those two Google guys that are performing wonders also, they even have their own languages. IMO Bill is unworthy of top ten position. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Djtm(m): 8:02pm On Oct 08, 2014 |
drealboy:what did you just say ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by ciphoenix: 9:42pm On Oct 08, 2014 |
Too long to quote but ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I assume he was joking. Most programmers use Windows? And cracked versions? ![]() ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by drealboy(m): 9:46pm On Oct 08, 2014 |
Djtm: yeah Microsoft sure dominate market with overwhelming lead in enterprise .But if u have ever had an encounter with folks in developed countries especially in academia most of them use Mac infact u hardly see Microsoft Os being used |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Djtm(m): 8:26am On Oct 09, 2014 |
drealboy:ok, so because you've met a couple of folks with Macs you think only Africans use windows? google the percentage of systems running windows and mac in the USA only and come back here. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by drealboy(m): 9:07am On Oct 09, 2014 |
Djtm:there's nothing to Google. yes windows is still the King in US market.but outside the enterprise domain you will be surprised that most folks use Mac even in academia same thing in Uk.thas ma experience though |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by WhiZTiM(m): 6:49pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
there's no quantitative basis for this list... So its just opinion based... @all of you saying Bill Gates doesn't deserve to be on this, I think your opinions doesn't deserve to be considered meaningful... ...#the guy saying people don't use Windows OS as much outside the enterprise market should be flogged with Koboko! By the way, I have been primarily using Linux ..about 5 years. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by asalimpo(m): 8:00pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
drealboy:windows runs on 4b+ desktops. You think it's insignifcant? |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by asalimpo(m): 8:04pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
WhiZTiM: bill gates isnt known for any notable application. Yeah,he strted microsoft and mayb a zen programmer but wat standout contribution to programmg dyu know him for? As an enterprenuer, no doubt. Dont confuse the two. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by asalimpo(m): 8:07pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
drealboy: there's somethng to google. Page rank,redefined search. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by Djtm(m): 8:31pm On Oct 09, 2014 |
drealboy:there's something to google. By academia I guess you mean your school. thank God you said that was your experience. |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by WhiZTiM(m): 1:10am On Oct 10, 2014 |
asalimpo: Oga, calm down..... I thought my memory had begun to deceive me.... But I doubt, the quoted are from Wikipedia (Link below) "In the first five years, Gates personally reviewed every line of code the company shipped, and often rewrote parts of it as he saw fit." ..... Within the first five years, the COMPANY's (not just Windows) code must have exponentially grown and covered so many complex domains... That's not all ohhh "Gates devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a combinatorics.... Gates's solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years; its successor is faster by only one percent." Please help me further 'unconfuse' my point... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates |
Re: 10 Greatest Computer Programmers In History by drealboy(m): 6:59am On Oct 10, 2014 |
WhiZTiM: & u think these qualify him to be in the top ten in the context of this topic? ![]() no? he rewrote part of MS codes? how how does that make him different from other gud programmers that upgrade codes written by someone else. he design pancake algorithm? yes thas great work right there by Bill but still hundreds of unknown programmers have also contributed to programming and its algorithms. even u as a coder can even contribute to an open source language lyk PHP and what have you. still those feats by Bill sure is legendary but its in no way enough to put him in that position. I see Bill Gates more as great entrepreneur than programmer. |
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