Tech Inventors Attribution

Comments focus on identifying, correcting, or crediting famous programmers and computer scientists like Ken Thompson, Rob Pike, Linus Torvalds, and others as the creators or inventors of various software, languages, tools, and technologies.

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Sample Comments

insulanus Sep 13, 2019 View on HN

Definitely Ken Thompson. :)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson

Artemis2 Oct 29, 2016 View on HN

Don't forget Brian Kernighan and Ken Thompson!

biorach Nov 8, 2024 View on HN

You're talking about Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and Robert Griesemers, among others.You're not doing yourself any favors.

mseepgood Apr 9, 2021 View on HN

It's by Ken Thompson, who invented Unix, so it's ok.

euclaise Mar 19, 2023 View on HN

Perhaps you're thinking of Rob Pike?

laumars Nov 18, 2015 View on HN

Which was written by one of the Y Combinator founders (Robert Tappan Morris)

tankenmate Jul 26, 2017 View on HN

Blame Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. Oh and Larry :)

cdcfa78156ae5 Sep 19, 2018 View on HN

The author is Philip Greenspun, who in the 1980s worked with the people that created all of the things you listed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_GreenspunThere is nothing myopic about his perspective.

oh_sigh Feb 12, 2019 View on HN

You might be thinking of Linus Torvalds.

girvo Dec 19, 2013 View on HN

Uh... It's Rob Pike and Ken Thompson...