I'm thinking: Donald Knuth. But if so, you threw us some nasty curves. (He is not really a mathematician and it's a very poor programmer indeed who has only one of his volumes.)
You got it.
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Originally Posted by me
Most programmers here should have one of his books on their bookshelf.
This was in reference to his work on algorithmic analysis - but yeah, I guess the hints could have been better.
I picked a special photo of this guy. The first hint is that suit. The only other guy I have seen in a suit like that is Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner. But a second hint is that he is a rather famous computer guy.
I picked a special photo of this guy. The first hint is that suit. The only other guy I have seen in a suit like that is Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner. But a second hint is that he is a rather famous computer guy.
I guess a hint is in order: At one point, rather early in the history of Unix, he announced that he was switching his company to Unix. Unix grew considerably in stature from this move.
I guess a hint is in order: At one point, rather early in the history of Unix, he announced that he was switching his company to Unix. Unix grew considerably in stature from this move.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
In 1970 the project was named Unics, and could - eventually - support two simultaneous users. Brian Kernighan invented this name as a contrast to Multics; the spelling was later changed to Unix.
He doesn't look like modern photos of Brian Kernighan...but it's a possibility.
edit: i just realized how stupid that was...nevermind.
My hint may leave you with the impression that he was just a business man, so to elaborate on my hint... While he did run his own company, he was, at his heart, a techie, not a business type guy. He was among the very best at what he did and made several astonishing advancements in computer science. And he was a little odd... even for a top computer tech. Example: one of his hobbies was digging tunnels on his estate. They didn't go anywhere or serve any purpose...he just liked digging tunnels. (Another example is that suit... I actually thought that I could have cropped off his head and still someone would get it.)
The title says everything.
I'm wondering how we call in English the person who builds a computer.
I mean instead of buying a branded computer like dell or toshiba, how do you call the guy who assembles computers from pieces of various suppliers.
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