List of programmers

This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. All entries must already have associated articles. Some persons notable as computer scientists are included here because they work in program as well as research.

A

  • Michael Abrash – program optimization and x86 assembly language
  • Scott Adams – series of text adventures beginning in the late 1970s
  • Tarn Adams – Dwarf Fortress
  • Leonard Adleman – co-created RSA algorithm (being the A in that name), coined the term computer virus
  • Alfred Aho – co-created AWK (being the A in that name), and main author of famous Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Dragon book)
  • Andrei Alexandrescu – author, expert on languages C++, D
  • Paul Allen – Altair BASIC, Applesoft BASIC, cofounded Microsoft
  • Eric Allman – sendmail, syslog
  • Marc Andreessen – co-created Mosaic, cofounded Netscape
  • Jeremy Ashkenas – CoffeeScript programming language and Backbone.js
  • Bill Atkinson – QuickDraw, HyperCard
  • Lennart Augustsson – languages (Lazy ML, Cayenne), compilers (HBC Haskell, parallel Haskell front end, Bluespec SystemVerilog early), LPMud pioneer, NetBSD device drivers

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z

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