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Rob Pike

1956 - Today

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Robert Pike (born 1956) is a Canadian programmer and author. He is best known for his work on the Go programming language while working at Google and the Plan 9 operating system while working at Bell Labs, where he was a member of the Unix team. Pike wrote the first window system for Unix in 1981. He is the sole inventor named in the US patent for overlapping windows on a computer display. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rob Pike is the 183rd most popular computer scientist (down from 167th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Canada (down from 587th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Rob Pike ranks 183 out of 245. Before him are David Marr, David Karp, Peter Shor, Jean E. Sammet, Michael Dertouzos, and Richard Garriott. After him are Scott Fahlman, Grady Booch, Dave Cutler, Tim Paterson, Robert Tappan Morris, and Geir Ivarsøy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Rob Pike ranks 529. Before him are Vladimír Godár, Herbert Knaup, Jean-François Lamour, Sarojini Sahoo, Ștefan Rusu, and Dwight Yoakam. After him are Stephanie Zimbalist, Péter Besenyei, Patti Hansen, Joy Mangano, Javier Navarrete, and Peter Maurer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rob Pike ranks 677 out of 1,622. Before him are Gordon Pinsent (1930), Christy Chung (1970), Chris Hadfield (1959), Alexander Ludwig (1992), Steve Yzerman (1965), and Sidney Crosby (1987). After him are Teryl Rothery (1962), Lance Stroll (1998), Mackenzie Davis (1987), Devon Sawa (1978), Emmanuelle Vaugier (1976), and Beatrice Lillie (1894).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Rob Pike ranks 6. Before him are James Gosling (1955), Brian Kernighan (1942), Alfred Aho (1941), John Draper (1943), and Kenneth E. Iverson (1920). After him are Maria Klawe (1951), and Gilles Brassard (1955).

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