I don't have any heroes in the field of computer science (hero is too strong a word for me), but there are many experienced people I admire who express ideas or

I don't have any heroes in the field of computer science (hero is too strong a word for me), but there are many experienced people I admire who express ideas or opinions I find appealing. An example: I admire Niklaus Wirth (creator of Pascal, Modula-2, Oberon) and in particular his preference for strongly-types programming languages that are small in size. He's spent a lifetime in the computer science field, but he disagrees with the ideas of others - and others disagree with him. Wirth is critical of functional programming as a programming paradigm, for example. Overall, can anyone argue that someone is emphatically right or wrong in this field? Everyone settles on a philosophy that shapes their outlook based on their experience and research. And that outlook might change over time. That accrued wisdom and experience (or inexperience!) will naturally cause someone to gravitate to one philosophy, or disagree with another.