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		macintux 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing an operating system kernel from scratch We really need a Tech Writer Hall of Fame. W. Richard Stevens, Andrew Tanenbaum, P.J. Plauger. Others?

ianmcgowan 40 days ago [–]

Kernighan!

andrehacker 40 days ago | [–]

And how can we leave out the OG of tech writers: Donald Knuth. He got a bit distracted by developing TeX but he got a well deserved Turing award for the series.

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