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> not that amazing at all Are there any other examples that come even close?
by pbreit 3y ago
> not that amazing at all
Are there any other examples that come even close?
- kramerger 3y agoBrian Kernighan
- Scaevolus 3y agoFFMPEG & QEMU from Bellard, perhaps?
- samspenc 3y agoWould love to learn more about this - were they created in a similarly expedited timeline? What did that look like?
- Blikkentrekker 3y agoI'm fairly certain a lot of very influential software came from the hands of Bill Gates as well such as the FAT filesystem which is still used, the original MSDOS and BASIC Interpreter which made a huge impact. Of course, that's all mostly because much of that was bundled with the original MSDOS. Also, in terms of video games, a great deal of innovative techniques and games game from John D. Carmac, which of course also is a result from Id Software pushing it.
- raible 3y agoIt's hard to imagine either Linux or Git if Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie hadn't laid the foundation.
- sudhirj 3y agoI don't think anyone builds in a vacuum these days... Everyone builds everything standing on the shoulders of giants.