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0 pointswyldfire3mo ago0 comments

There is! ACM grants several awards for scientists and more.

One such award is the Turing Award [1], given "for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award

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svat3mo ago

Possibly more relevant is the "ACM Software System Award": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACM_Software_Syst...

AtlasBarfed3mo ago

Linux and Torvalds hasn't gotten one?

hn_throwaway_993mo ago

The Turing Award is given for breakthroughs in computer science, not for "most productive programmer of all time", and it wouldn't be appropriate for Ballard.

senbrow3mo ago

Fabrice is certainly very skilled in CS, but his achievements are more in software implementation IMO.

AIUI the Turing award is primarily CS focused.

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