Jeff lists Knuth and Kay as "dead programmers" Sure, he's just trying to place status instead of saying that they're really dead, but it comes across as awkward. He couldn't think of any more dead important programmers or software pioneers, Like Joseph Weizenbaum, John Backus, or Grace Hopper?
A number of people commenting on his post point out Kay and Knuth are very much alive.
Maybe he needs to shoehorn in a ninth category: Great programmers who are still alive who will be well remembered when they are dead, but were not hurrying them along, really.
A number of people commenting on his post point out Kay and Knuth are very much alive.
Maybe he needs to shoehorn in a ninth category: Great programmers who are still alive who will be well remembered when they are dead, but were not hurrying them along, really.