Who is reputed to be the best programmer?

[Yakyb]

scott gu?

 

[gord]

People like Carmack and Tim Sweeney, there are the games that produce the original algorithms, others either copy or lease their engines.

Quoi?!

 

[GWillow]

Woot a fellow RPG programmer! Chances of there being any others?!

I used to be, haven't touched it for a couple of years now - moving over to Java.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Jon Skeet

Jon Skeet popped into my head too but ...

'best programmer' ?

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Or how about Matthew Smith author of Manic Miner...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWmmMZlhcqU

Poor chap looks now like he's two sandwiches short of a picnic

 

[dangerstat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

Perhaps worth a shout?

 

[mark66]

...Poor chap looks now like he's two sandwiches short of a picnic

Crikey

Definitely too much time at the Commune in Holland.

 

[Tetsujin]

There's no best programmer. There are only programmers, and real programmers. The below illustrates the distinction, is part of computing lore, and should be required reading on any related degree

The Story Of Mel

Also of note is The Jargon File

 

[whitecrook]

Or how about Matthew Smith author of Manic Miner...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWmmMZlhcqU

Poor chap looks now like he's two sandwiches short of a picnic

I don't think anyone has mentioned him yet. Oh wait...

 

[therubble]

Without a doubt.

http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-facts

He's pretty damn good.

 

[theforce]

If the best means the guy who got the most out of his programming skills, that would be Bill Gates

 

[whitecrook]

If the best means the guy who got the most out of his programming skills, that would be Bill Gates

Gates in simpler times: