Can you distinguish between innovative computer programmers and horrifying serial killers? This challenge puts your judgement to the test. On one side, we have Bertrand Meyer, the mastermind behind the Eiffel language, currently teaching at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Dorothea Puente, on the other hand, terrorized her Sacramento boarding house, taking the lives of at least 9 tenants for their Social Security benefits. Moving on, we have John Mauchly, who played a major role in creating the first electronic general-purpose computer, and Andrei Chikatilo, infamous for the brutal murder of over 50 people, driven by a childhood trauma. This unexpected juxtaposition continues with the likes of Gerald Jay Sussman, an inventor of the Scheme programming language, who dabbled in MIT’s artificial intelligence research, and Anatoly Onoprienko, a ruthless killer who extinguished entire families without remorse. Surprisingly, Jean E. Sammet contributed significantly to the design of COBOL in a mere two weeks, while also developing an early computer algebra system. We then have Guido van Rossum, who created the Python programming language as a side project during Christmas break, drawing inspiration from Monty Python’s
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