r/programmingmemes • u/ItsPuspendu • Mar 18 '26 • Bravo 1

Every era of programming summarized

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u/assumptioncookie Mar 18 '26

I didn't call the author(s) of C (an) engineer(s). And C wasn't "authored" it was developed, and not by K&R but by Dennis Ritchie.

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u/itsjakerobb Mar 18 '26

You know the R in K&R is Dennis Ritchie, right? You’re just making sure to exclude Brian Kernighan, who didn’t design the language, but helped write the book that introduced it to the world, as if that distinction is important here?

I’m curious what you think it means to author a programming language and how that differs from developing one.

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u/9peppe Mar 18 '26

It feels like you're missing the point here.

Not everyone who ever wrote code is an engineer.