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Well, I don't agree with your assessment of Rob Pike. As far as I know he worked with Thompson and Ritchie (who unfortunately passed away last year) and I regar
by jan_g 14y ago
Well, I don't agree with your assessment of Rob Pike. As far as I know he worked with Thompson and Ritchie (who unfortunately passed away last year) and I regard all three of them as one of the most important figures with regards to Unix and systems programming. And they marked the history quite significantly, in my opinion. At least as important as RMS or Linus.
- georgemcbay 14y agoI agree with you but would also like to add that Rob Pike isn't just a historical figure at this point, he's very much still in the game. Go is turning into a fantastic language and is likely to have a far bigger real-world footprint than the work on Plan 9 had.