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I'm vaguely aware of Jon Skeet from echoes from the Windows dev world, from which I've largely stayed detached. Can someone explain the significance of Jon Ske
by AceJohnny2 12y ago
I'm vaguely aware of Jon Skeet from echoes from the Windows dev world, from which I've largely stayed detached.
Can someone explain the significance of Jon Skeet, preferebly in terms of "Facts" in the style of Bruce Schneier's [1] or Jeff Dean's [2]?
[1] http://www.schneierfacts.com/ http://www.schneierfacts.com/
[2] http://www.quora.com/What-are-all-the-Jeff-Dean-facts http://www.quora.com/What-are-all-the-Jeff-Dean-facts
- bgc 12y agoJon Skeet is a frequent contributor to StackOverflow.com[0], where he is known for being able to answer highly obscure questions with equally obscure answers[1]. [0] http://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet http://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841333/why-is-subtracting-these-two-times-in-1927-giving-a-strange-result/6841479#6841479 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841333/why-is-subtractin...
- unwind 12y agoHe's also, kind of, known for being the top user in terms of reputation points. It's a little like there's Jon Skeet, then there's nothing for a while, then there's somebody else. His average reputation increase per day is often more than 300. Of course, 200 is the typical "cap" on daily increase, but somehow he Skeets around that. He'll probably reach a million points this year. Not that I think reputation points on Stack Overflow is very interesting or meaningful, of course. :)
- flurdy 12y agoHas Jon Skeet reached one million yet: http://www.hasjonskeetreachedonemillionyet.com http://www.hasjonskeetreachedonemillionyet.com Not quite this year, but soon. (Ps, add your own id to see when you reach it: http://www.hasjonskeetreachedonemillionyet.com/155689 http://www.hasjonskeetreachedonemillionyet.com/155689 Mine is in quite a few years)
- ygra 12y agoOh, yay, in 2046. I guess I should start answering a few questions again.
- pcmonk 12y agoStack Exchange has a convenient list: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-facts http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-facts
- egil 12y agoHe has also written an excellent C# book, C# in depth http://csharpindepth.com/ http://csharpindepth.com/ .
- AtmaScout 12y agoYes, this book is a great one. It makes it easy to understand many of the topics.
- CmonDev 12y agoMost good C# answers on the best dev Q&A website. Without working for Microsoft.
- barrkel 12y agoHe was well known as an MVP on the C# newsgroups at MS before SO started, too.