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Re:30 Most Influential People In Programming by cyanbane on Friday July 31, 2009 @02:34AM (#733899)
The pic of Dijkstra (#18) is actually a picture of Dr. David Gries (Cornell/UGA) who was one of my prof a bit ago. Me thinks this list wasn't very well vetted and was hastily put together for some Digg "Top X" mojo.
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Re:30 Most Influential People In Programming by nopassrecover on Friday July 31, 2009 @03:39AM (#733975)
Good pick and yep I don't think it was proof read either. I couldn't say I know what Dijkstra looks like off hand but I thought the photo was too recent :P
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Re:30 Most Influential People In Programming by smithjchris on Friday July 31, 2009 @03:57AM (#733991)
I think you are right. There is a celebrity culture around around the Internet at the moment. Just having a blog is enough to get you on the guest list.

What happened to Anders Hejlsberg and Niklaus Wirth for example?

Oh wait the domain webdesigndev.com gives it away. Web design is not programming proper!

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