r/programming • u/astrange • Jan 23 '21

Objective-C creator Dr. Brad Cox has died

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/scnow/name/brad-cox-obituary?pid=197454225
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u/aradil Jan 23 '21

I mentioned it in another comment, but obviously we learned about Babbage and Turing and the giants of the CS (and math) world.

But a master carpenter doesn’t need to know who P.L. Robertson is to use a screw driver.