Rob Pike

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Rob Pike
Rob Pike at OSCON 2010
Born1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Occupation
Go
SpouseRenée French
Websiteherpolhode.com/rob/

Robert Pike (born 1956) is a Canadian programmer and author. He is best known for his work on the Go programming language while working at Google[1][2] and the

Plan 9 operating system while working at Bell Labs, where he was a member of the Unix team.[1]

Pike wrote the first

window system for Unix in 1981.[3][non-primary source needed] He is the sole inventor named in the US patent for overlapping windows on a computer display.[4]

With

The Unix Programming Environment.[1] With Ken Thompson, he is the co-creator of UTF-8.[1]

Additional works

While at Bell Labs, Pike was also involved in the creation of the Blit graphical terminal for Unix,[5] the

Limbo programming language.[1]
Pike also developed lesser systems such as the vismon program for displaying faces of email authors.[citation needed]

Over the years, Pike has written many text editors; sam[6] and acme are the most well known and are still in active use and development.[citation needed]

Pike started working at Google in 2002.[1] While there, he was also involved in the creation of the programming language Sawzall.[7]

Pike appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, as a technical assistant to the comedy duo Penn & Teller.[3][non-primary source needed]

Personal life

Pike is married to author and illustrator Renée French; the couple live both in the US and Australia.[8]

See also

  • The plumber – the interprocess communications mechanism used in Plan 9 and Inferno
  • Mark V. Shaney – an artificial Usenet poster designed by Pike

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f ""The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got" with Rob Pike".
    InformIT. Pearson Education. Aug 15, 2012. Archived
    from the original on 22 Sep 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ Cox, Russ; Griesemer, Robert; Pike, Rob; Taylor, Ian Lance; Thompson, Ken (2022-04-01). "The Go programming language and environment". Communications of the ACM. 65 (5): 70–78.
    S2CID 248385361
    .
  3. ^ a b Pike, Rob. "Rob Pike". 9p.io. Alcatel-Lucent. Archived from the original on 29 Jan 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Dynamic generation and overlaying of graphic windows for multiple active program storage areas". Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1984.tb00056.x
    . Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. McIlroy, M. D. (1987). A Research Unix reader: annotated excerpts from the Programmer's Manual, 1971–1986
    (PDF) (Technical report). CSTR. Bell Labs. 139.
  7. ^ Pike, Rob; Dorward, Sean; Griesemer, Robert; Quinlan, Sean (2005-01-01). "Interpreting the Data: Parallel Analysis with Sawzall". Scientific Programming. 13 (4): 227–298.
    doi:10.1155/2005/962135
    .
  8. ^ "Renee French – A River Runs Through It – Artist Interview". WOW x WOW. 27 July 2015.

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