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Erich Gamma

1961 - Today

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Erich Gamma is a Swiss computer scientist and one of the four co-authors (referred to as "Gang of Four") of the software engineering textbook, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Gamma, along with Kent Beck, co-wrote the JUnit software testing framework which helped create Test-Driven Development and influenced the whole software industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Gamma has received more than 251,664 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Gamma is the 192nd most popular computer scientist (down from 178th in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 633rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Computer Scientist.

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  • 41.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Erich Gamma ranks 192 out of 245. Before him are Geir Ivarsøy, Brian Acton, Bruce Perens, Hans Reiser, Elizabeth J. Feinler, and Douglas Crockford. After him are Alan Cox, Chieko Asakawa, Ian Murdock, Sophie Wilson, Gilles Brassard, and Alexandra Elbakyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Erich Gamma ranks 552. Before him are Perry McCarthy, Sharon Lawrence, Atsushi Natori, Safra Catz, Kate Mosse, and Kiyotaka Matsui. After him are Truls Mørk, Guri Schanke, Jane Leeves, Wolfram Wuttke, Ivan Pudar, and Sudarat Keyuraphan.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Erich Gamma ranks 698 out of 1,015. Before him are Gerardo Seoane (1978), Baran bo Odar (1978), Dario Cologna (1986), Erland Herkenrath (1912), Johnny Leoni (1984), and Dani Levy (1957). After him are Patty Schnyder (1978), Erich Schmitt (1912), Jürg Röthlisberger (1955), Zdravko Kuzmanović (1987), Martin Brunner (1963), and Kate Burton (1957).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Switzerland

Among computer scientists born in Switzerland, Erich Gamma ranks 2. Before him are Niklaus Wirth (1934). After him are Martin Odersky (1958).

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