Terry Davis. The fact that he had schizofrenia probably saved us from using his incredible mind to destroy ourselves, like we usually do whenever we do technological advancements. God bless his soul.
Too quick with the text. The definition of "best" seems to be somewhat narrow, focused mainly on guys that wrote influential languages. Is that really what makes someone the "best"?
+Peter Stacey I think the same and for example Linus Torvalds is not the best programmer of Linux foundation or bjarne stroustup of c++. For me the team that created gps, who start with gui or who start with virtual machines is better
