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he is 49 this year, considered as one of the most genius programmer on earth. There are professors still doing real work at 90+ year old(yes, the UT professor g
by ausjke 7y ago
he is 49 this year, considered as one of the most genius programmer on earth. There are professors still doing real work at 90+ year old(yes, the UT professor goodenough for Nobel prize), John has a long way ahead, best luck!
- chasd00 7y agoi've heard he was pretty good, i didn't realize he was this widely respected and admired. I remember him for that fast inverse square root hack but that's about it.
- zhynn 7y agoHe's already a legend, and he's not even 50.
- galangalalgol 7y agoI think he got that from someone at SGI.
- galangalalgol 7y agoOr was the second person to independently come up with it.
- streetcat1 7y agoJust out of curiosity, how do you define a genius programmer? (vs regular programmer).
- hunterjrj 7y agoHow about “wrote the Doom engine, then the Quake engine”. Good start?
- tirewarehouse 7y agoHe ushered in modern gaming, and everything he did in that domain was way ahead of the curve.