Few Computer Science Legends you should know about
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(They are really inspiring developers)
🧵👇
(They are really inspiring developers)
* Dennis Ritchie *
"Father of the 'C' programming language"
Created UNIX operating system with colleague Ken Thompson .
Received Turing Award in 1983.
Modern computing would not have existed without Dennis Ritchie.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ri…
#UNIX
"Father of the 'C' programming language"
Created UNIX operating system with colleague Ken Thompson .
Received Turing Award in 1983.
Modern computing would not have existed without Dennis Ritchie.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ri…
#UNIX
* Linus Torvalds *
Created Linux Kernel and Git.
Linux kernel is the kernel for Linux operating systems (distributions) and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Tor…
#Linux #git #android
Created Linux Kernel and Git.
Linux kernel is the kernel for Linux operating systems (distributions) and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Tor…
#Linux #git #android
* Bjarne Stroustrup *
Created the C++ programming language.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarne_St…
Created the C++ programming language.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarne_St…
* James Gosling *
Created Java Programming language.
Read More:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gos…
#java
Created Java Programming language.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gos…
#java
* Tim Berners-Lee *
Invented World Wide Web.
Implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the internet.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berne…
Invented World Wide Web.
Implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the internet.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berne…
* Guido van Rossum *
Author of Python Programming Language.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van…
#Python
Author of Python Programming Language.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van…
#Python
* Donald Knuth *
He contributed to the development of the rigorous analysis of the computational complexity of algorithms and systematised formal mathematical techniques for it. In the process he also popularised the asymptotic notation.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kn…
He contributed to the development of the rigorous analysis of the computational complexity of algorithms and systematised formal mathematical techniques for it. In the process he also popularised the asymptotic notation.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kn…
* Ada Lovelace *
An English mathematician and the world’s first computer programmer and is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovel…
#WomenWhoCode #womenintech
An English mathematician and the world’s first computer programmer and is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovel…
#WomenWhoCode #womenintech
* Ken Thompson *
He designed and implemented the original Unix operating system with Dennis Ritchie.
Invented the B programming language.
Since 2006, Thompson has worked at Google, where he co-invented the Go programming language.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thomp…
He designed and implemented the original Unix operating system with Dennis Ritchie.
Invented the B programming language.
Since 2006, Thompson has worked at Google, where he co-invented the Go programming language.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thomp…
* Alan Turing *
Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
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Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
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* Richard Stallman *
Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote the GNU General Public License.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S…
Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote the GNU General Public License.
Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S…
* Brendan Eich *
Creator of the JavaScript programming language.
He co-founded the #Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as the Mozilla Corporation's CTO and briefly, as its CEO.
Ream More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_E…
Creator of the JavaScript programming language.
He co-founded the #Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as the Mozilla Corporation's CTO and briefly, as its CEO.
Ream More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_E…
My developer role model is Linus Torvalds.
Who's yours?
Who's yours?
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