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It's not true that it needs to be theoretical. e.g. Michael Stonebraker is awarded for making databases practical. But the creator of React might not get the T
by tracyhenry 6y ago
It's not true that it needs to be theoretical. e.g. Michael Stonebraker is awarded for making databases practical.
But the creator of React might not get the Turing award anyways because they are not in academia.
- cvwright 6y agoIf the popularity of React persists so that it eventually drives a Turing award, I think the award would more likely go to Evan Czaplicki for his thesis on functional reactive programming.
- tracyhenry 6y agoThanks for the reference. I didn't know that there is a paper behind it. However, I'd say it's quite unlikely. First, he had a supervisor Stephen Chong back in Harvard who co-authored the paper. It's unclear who should get the credit on that particular thesis. Second, the paper has unexciting citation count (200+). Lastly, he stopped publishing and is not in academia any more.