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P. J. Plauger
| Full Name: |
Phillip
James
Plauger |
| Born: |
January 13, 1944
Petersburg, West Virginia, USA |
| Occupation: |
Computer Entrepreneur, Writer |
| Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Phillip James Plauger is an author and entrepreneur. He has written and co-written articles and books about programming style, software tools, and the C programming language.
He founded Whitesmiths, the first company to sell a C compiler and Unix-like operating system (Idris). He has since been involved in C and C++ standardization and is now the president of Dinkumware. In January 2009 he became the convener of the ISO C++ standards committee, but in October 2009 he tendered his resignation after failing to pass a resolution to stop processing any new features in order to facilitate the promised shipping date for the C++0x standard.
Plauger has been credited with inventing pair programming while leading Whitesmiths Ltd.
Plauger wrote a science fiction short story, "Child of All Ages", first published in Analog in the March 1975 issue, whose protagonist was granted immortality before attaining puberty and finds that being a child who never grows up is far removed from an idyllic Peter Pan-like existence. The story was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1975 and a Hugo Award in 1976. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1975--notably beating John Varley for the award--and subsequently sold a story to The Last Dangerous Visions.
Plauger holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Princeton University and a PhD in nuclear physics from the Michigan State University.
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