Sujet : Re: Bill Atkinson, rest in peace
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.miscDate : 09. Jun 2025, 00:39:35
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On 08 Jun 2025 03:21:43 GMT, Retrograde wrote:
I say this with no hyperbole: Bill Atkinson may well have been the best
computer programmer who ever lived. Without question, he’s on the short
list.
He was brilliant, but there were others of comparable brilliancy, I would
say. Just within the Apple world: Steve Wozniak and Andy Hertzfeld come to
mind. And it takes more than programmers: without Susan Kare, the
Macintosh UI could have ended up looking like ... the Amiga.
Bill Atkinson, rest in peace
Re: Bill Atkinson, rest in peace
