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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 is an expert in the Eclipse Java development editor, and with Kent Beck he 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 239,274 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Gamma is the 178th most popular computer scientist (down from 161st in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 534th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Computer Scientist.

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  • 240k

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  • 38.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Erich Gamma ranks 178 out of 201. Before him are Leslie Valiant, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Ian Murdock, Jon Hall, Geir Ivarsøy, and Kathleen Booth. After him are Theo de Raadt, Phil Katz, Bassel Khartabil, Douglas Crockford, Luis von Ahn, and Sophie Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Erich Gamma ranks 518. Before him are Sam Perkins, Steve Oedekerk, Thomas Dooley, Ann Cusack, Mary Kay Bergman, and Salva. After him are Sudarat Keyuraphan, Pravind Jugnauth, Tapio Korjus, Maxi Priest, Andy Taylor, and Mike Dunleavy.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Erich Gamma ranks 636 out of 876. Before him are André Egli (1958), Peter Stamm (1963), Patty Schnyder (1978), Bruno Todeschini (1962), Ludovic Magnin (1979), and Mirwais (1960). After him are Manuel Akanji (1995), Laurent Dufaux (1969), Martin Brunner (1963), Paul Accola (1967), Robert Dill-Bundi (1958), and Zdravko Kuzmanović (1987).

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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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