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I agree. Is Bill Gates really a notable programmer? A notable business man and a notable altruist, yes. But a programmer?
by growt 16y ago
I agree. Is Bill Gates really a notable programmer? A notable business man and a notable altruist, yes. But a programmer?
- wglb 16y agoYes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC.
- gaius 16y agoYes. He wrote MS Basic for example. He was a hands-on coder throughout Microsoft's early days.
- growt 16y agoHands on, yes. But "notable"? It's really a fuzzy criteria. I mean would you still know Gates for MS Basic if he didn't succeed with Microsoft?
- gaius 16y agoHe was certainly famous at the time - MS Basic was good enough that they could charge for it to people who already had a free Basic with their hardware.