1986年有人写了个programmers at work列举了一些当时的顶尖程序员 他们现在如何呢？

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• Charles Simonyi. Then, Microsoft programmer. Now: super-rich guy, space tourist, endowing Oxford chairs and whatnot. Works at Intentional Software. CS同学 MS程序员 发了
• Butler Lampson. Then, PARC dude. Now: a Microsoft Fellow. BL同学 还在打工
• John Warnock. Then: co-founder of Adobe. Now: retired, serves on boards of directors, apparently runs a bed and breakfast. JW同学 adobe的创始人 回家抱孙子流口水了
• Gary Kildall: Then: author of CP/M. Died in 1994. The project he was working on in Programmers at Work became the first encyclopedia distributed on CD-ROM. He also hosted Computer Chronicles for a while.GK同学 1995年翘辫子了
• Bill Gates. Then: founder of Microsoft, popularizer of the word “super”. Now: richest guy in the world. After a stint in the 90s as pure evil, semi-retired to focus on philanthropic work. 比尔盖兹同学 大大的发了 半退休
• John Page. Then: co-founder of the Software Publishing Company, makers of PFS:FILE, an early database program. Now: I’m not really sure. Here’s a video of him from 2006, so he’s probably still alive, but he’s not on the web. SPC was acquired in 1996. Through some odd corporate synergy the public face of the business now appears to be Harvard Graphics. JP同学 software publishing company公司创始人之一 可能活着但是不上网写博什么的鸟
• C. Wayne Ratliff. Then: author of dBase. Now: retired. WR同学 dbase的作者 现在退休了
• Dan Bricklin. Then: co-author of VisiCalc. Now: Has a weblog and lots of accessible historical information about his projects. Still runs Software Garden. Still looks almost exactly like his illustration in PaW, leading some to speculate on a “Spreadsheet of Dorian Gray” type effect. I secretly hope he will see this in referer logs and invite me to hang out with him. DB同学 visiclac作者之一 现在写博客搞搞项目
• Bob Frankston. Then: the other half of VisiCalc. Now: worked for Microsoft for a few years, now retired, has a weblog.BF同学 visicalc的另一作者 为m$卖命几年后退休
• Jonathan Sachs. Then: co-author of Lotus 1-2-3. Now: semi-retired. Gives away Pocket PC software from his home page, and sells photography software as Digital Light & Color. More details in this 2004 oral history. JS同学 lotus 1-2-3的作者之一 现在半退休不做pocketpc了 改卖图形软件
• Ray Ozzie. Then: Lotus Symphony dude, left Lotus to write what would eventually be sold as Lotus Notes. Now: Chief Software Architect at Microsoft, after working for IBM and starting Groove Networks. Has a weblog, but hasn’t posted for about a year. RO同学 微软首席架构师
• Peter Roizen. Then: author of T/Maker, a spreadsheet program. Now: programmer consultant. Inventor of a Scrabble variant that uses shell glob syntax. PR同学 T/Maker作者 现在做顾问鸟
• Bob Carr. Then: PARC Alum, Chief Scientist at Ashton-Tate, author of Framework integrated suite. Now: founder of Keep and Share. In between: co-founded Go, worked for Autodesk. Doesn’t seem to have a web presence.BC同学 ashtom-tate首席科学官 现在是keep and share的创始者
• Jef Raskin. Then: Macintosh project creator, founder of Information Appliance. Died in 2005. His excellent web site is still up. Author of well-respected book The Humane Interface. The project he’s working on in PaW, the SwyftCard, was a minor success. JR同学 macintosh计划创始人 2005年翘辫子了 但是网站还在|||-_-
• Andy Hertzfeld. Then: Macintosh OS developer. Now: works at the OSAF Google and hosts a bunch of websites, including folklore.org and Susan Kare’s site. (Incidentally, Susan Kare now works for Chumby.) In between: worked at General Magic and Eazel, which probably only people who read this weblog remember. AH同学 Macintosh os的开发者 后来在General Magic工作