I nominate Brian Kernighan.
Mike Bianchi
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:30:21PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Doug McIlroy <d...@cs.dartmouth.edu>:
> > Please excuse my antediluvian hangover.
>
> *snort*
>
> If I had to make a list of the top three people who never, *ever* need
> apologize for "antediluvian hangover", the other living designee
> besides yourself would be Ken Thompson. Sadly Dennis Ritchie is no
> longer available to fill the third slot. I suppose Don Knuth will do.
>
> :-)
> --
> <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>