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It's even harder to become a Compiler Rockstar. I know only three, Stallman, Peyton Jones and perhaps that guy from Svelte.
by amelius 1y ago
It's even harder to become a Compiler Rockstar. I know only three, Stallman, Peyton Jones and perhaps that guy from Svelte.
- epolanski 1y agoHejlsberg too (Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript). There's probably hundreds of other brilliant engineers more with insane impacts that never got any popularity.
- silcoon 1y agoGuy Steele, Rich Hickey, James Gosling, Kernighan and Ritchie, Guido Van Rossum, Bjarne Stroustrup. Harder because the bar is really high.
- hasbot 1y agoFor compiler fans, that's a very incomplete list. I'm rusty but off the top of my head, I see you're missing Walter Bright and Terrence Parr.
- quuxplusone 1y agoChris Pressey, Arthur Whitney, Chris Lattner...