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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Bill Atkinson, rest in peace
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 23:39:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On 08 Jun 2025 03:21:43 GMT, Retrograde wrote:

> I say this with no hyperbole: Bill Atkinson may well have been the best
> computer programmer who ever lived. Without question, he’s on the short
> list.

He was brilliant, but there were others of comparable brilliancy, I would 
say. Just within the Apple world: Steve Wozniak and Andy Hertzfeld come to 
mind. And it takes more than programmers: without Susan Kare, the 
Macintosh UI could have ended up looking like ... the Amiga.