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Re: Can you name the Programming Language if You Know The Creators?

#21

Post by weej » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 7:44 PM UTC

I feel ashamed that I didn't realize Guy Steel did Scheme nor that he is the current Chairman of Common Lisp. Go figure.

Anything Lisp related just immediately makes me think of McCarthy.

#22

Post by radioactive21 » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 7:59 PM UTC

I only got three, coicidently all "C". C, C++ and C#. Dont ask me why I know those three right away but struggle with the rest.

#23

Post by khingebjerg » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:03 PM UTC

I thought James Strachan was the creator of Groovy.

#24

Post by jallmann » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:05 PM UTC

Missed groovy, scala and basic. Actually surprised I missed the latter, but then again I never sat down and thought, "who invented basic?"

#25

Post by sb » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:24 PM UTC

Missed Groovy...

I would like to see other very important people on this list, e.g., where is Niklaus Wirth? or Alain Colmeraurer? or Chuck Moore?

#26

Post by las3rjock » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:36 PM UTC

15/19; missed JavaScript, Groovy, Scala, and Erlang.

#27

Post by rayvega » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:38 PM UTC

Groovy and Scala but no Clojure?

#28

Post by nickik » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:50 PM UTC

14/19 How the hell did I get perl from larry wall? Never heard about those the creaters of php, Groovy or basic.

#29

Post by acangiano » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:50 PM UTC

19/19, but I struggled a bit with the Basic one.

#30

Post by duck » Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:56 PM UTC

A little more info on Ada (which I missed): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace