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There is! ACM grants several awards for scientists and more. One such award is the Turing Award [1], given "for contributions of lasting and major technical i
by wyldfire 10mo ago
There is! ACM grants several awards for scientists and more.
One such award is the Turing Award [1], given "for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award
- svat 10mo agoPossibly more relevant is the "ACM Software System Award": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACM_Software_System_Award&oldid=1311883831 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACM_Software_Syst...
- AtlasBarfed 10mo agoLinux and Torvalds hasn't gotten one?
- hn_throwaway_99 10mo agoThe Turing Award is given for breakthroughs in computer science, not for "most productive programmer of all time", and it wouldn't be appropriate for Ballard.
- senbrow 10mo agoFabrice is certainly very skilled in CS, but his achievements are more in software implementation IMO. AIUI the Turing award is primarily CS focused.