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Eric S. Raymond

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Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric S. Raymond is the 104th most popular computer scientist (down from 87th in 2019), the 5,890th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,950th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Eric S. Raymond ranks 104 out of 245. Before him are Judea Pearl, Marlyn Meltzer, Ed Roberts, Robin Milner, Alan Cox, and Charles P. Thacker. After him are Stephen Wolfram, John Draper, Subhash Kak, Alan Cooper, Manuel Blum, and Robert W. Floyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Eric S. Raymond ranks 216. Before him are Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Carlos Renato Frederico, Nick Hornby, Ali Larijani, Serhii Plokhy, and Kenji Kawai. After him are Gary Lewis, Mirjana Karanović, Simon McBurney, Maurizio Arrivabene, Michaëlle Jean, and Miguel Ángel Lotina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric S. Raymond ranks 5,890 out of 20,380. Before him are Claudette Colvin (1939), Rick Aviles (1952), Betty Robinson (1911), Ona Munson (1903), Maxwell Perkins (1884), and George Nichols (1864). After him are Rafer Johnson (1935), Ken Davitian (1953), Ralph Ellison (1914), Lou Donaldson (1926), Charles F. Brush (1849), and Diahnne Abbott (1945).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Eric S. Raymond ranks 63. Before him are Gary Kildall (1942), Stephen Cook (1939), Betty Holberton (1917), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), Ed Roberts (1941), and Charles P. Thacker (1943). After him are Alan Cooper (1952), Robert W. Floyd (1936), John Hopcroft (1939), Lynn Conway (1938), Danny Hillis (1956), and Adele Goldberg (1945).

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