Who is the most popular programmer of all time ?

Answer 1

James Gosling for me cause he created java.

Answer 2

me!!!!!! jk :)

Answer 3

Ada Lovelace

Answer 4

http://www.arkhitech.com/12-greatest-programmers-of-all-time/

Answer 5

Most likely Bill Gates, even though he stopped programming awhile ago to my knowledge.

Regarding programmers who are still active, I'd have to say either Linus Torvalds or Bjarne Stroustrup.

Answer 6

@ifl http://www.arkhitech.com/12-greatest-programmers-of-all-time/

I sit corrected, Dennis Ritchie was the first author I read and inventing both C and Unix is unbeatable.

Speaking of departed innovators, Ian Murdoch, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Murdock, is perhaps 13th...