Coder or Killer?

By | October 31, 2003

I just scored 3 out of 10 on a quiz where you decide based on a photo whether someone is a programming language inventor or a serial killer.

My first correct answer was for a photo of Phil Wadler. Since I know Phil and I used to work with him, one would hope that I would have correctly guessed that his co-designer role on Haskell qualified him as a programming language inventor. I picked up a lot of practical info on XML Schema and namespaces from Phil. I did not learn anything from him about garroting, impaling, or shooting.

The only serial killer I correctly identified was Sam Berkowitz (Son of Sam Killer). I guess I should stay out of dark alleys.

My final correct answer was a wild guess on a photo that turned out to be Ralph Griswold, the Snobol man. Although he definitely had the 1950’s or 60’s geek look going on in his photo, so did a couple other guys who turned out to have killed a lot more than just bugs.

[via Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things]

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