Programming is not easy.
And it never was.
And the scenario was even worse before that time.
Javascript, Perl etc) is the result of that trend.
2.Tim Beners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist and one of the greatest programmers.
HTML, URL, HTTP.
Linus Torvalds
The man who created Linux Kernel.
Richard Stallman
He founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection(GCC).
Richard Stallman is the prophet of the free software movement.
He understood the dangers of software patents years ago.
Now that this has become a crucial issue in the world.
He has hugely successful efforts to establish the idea of Free Software.
6.Bjarne Stroustrup
In Bell Lab, he designed and implemented C++.
Ken Thompson
One of the two programmers who created the Unix Operating System.
Bill Gates
Everyone knows him.
He is the co founder and chair person of Microsoft Inc.
He has brought the company to continually advance & improve software technology.
He has made it easier, more cost-effective & more enjoyable to use computers.
He has a great role in all the advancements of Microsoft.
He has been one of the key programmers for many products from Microsoft.
Mark Zuckerberg
He is the chairman, chief executive, and co-founder of the social networking website Facebook.
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