The problem is that the criteria for autism is very loose. If you restricted your search to only low functioning autistic savants then it might be harder to fin

The problem is that the criteria for autism is very loose. If you restricted your search to only low functioning autistic savants then it might be harder to find someone like this. But that doesn't mean there isn't an autistic savant who is a great programmer/computer scientist. In the end this is a game for monkeys and typewriters.