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Eric S. Raymond

1957 - Today

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Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric S. Raymond has received more than 824,771 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric S. Raymond is the 85th most popular computer scientist (down from 79th in 2019), the 5,068th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,845th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 820k

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  • 49.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Eric S. Raymond ranks 85 out of 201. Before him are Stephen Cook, Edward Feigenbaum, Rasmus Lerdorf, David A. Huffman, Evelyn Berezin, and Adi Shamir. After him are Richard M. Karp, Liviu Librescu, Ruth Teitelbaum, Eugene Kaspersky, Robert W. Floyd, and Robert Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Eric S. Raymond ranks 162. Before him are Włodzimierz Smolarek, Timothy Treadwell, Tony Martin, Roberto Rojas, Adri van Tiggelen, and Hervé Le Tellier. After him are Robert Sapolsky, Christian Berkel, Tony Abbott, Steve Davis, Mona Simpson, and Bryan Robson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric S. Raymond ranks 5,068 out of 18,182. Before him are Gene Haas (1952), William Hickey (1927), Ruby Dee (1922), Charlie Mariano (1923), Mike Bloomfield (1943), and Brie Larson (1989). After him are William Smith (1933), Patti Scialfa (1953), Nate Dogg (1969), James Thurber (1894), Jim Walton (1948), and Saul Alinsky (1909).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Eric S. Raymond ranks 52. Before him are Ed Roberts (1941), Martin Hellman (1945), Stephen Cook (1939), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), David A. Huffman (1925), and Evelyn Berezin (1925). After him are Richard M. Karp (1935), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Robert W. Floyd (1936), Robert Taylor (1932), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), and Radia Perlman (1951).

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