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While we're on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann Who are their contemporary equivalents, I

by andreyf 17y ago

While we're on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann Who are their contemporary equivalents, I wonder? Would Alan Kay and his lab's FONC [1] research qualify? I suppose time will tell... 1. http://vpri.org/html/words_links/articles_ifnct.php http://vpri.org/html/words_links/articles_ifnct.php

joshu 17y ago
More recently, Doug Engelbart, Don Knuth?
- eru 17y ago
  I do not know whether Don Knuth is in the same category. (Though if you have to convert it to some linear scale of greatness, he's in.)