Robert Pike

Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope
Robert Pike

Name: Robert C. Pike

Born: 1956

Computer-related contributions

  • Canadian software engineer and author.
  • Known for his work at Bell Labs and for his involvement in the creation of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno operating systems.
  • Helped develop the Limbo programming language.
  • Co-developed the Blit graphical terminal for Unix.
  • Sole inventor of X Window System protocol.
  • Has written many text editors, including sam and acme, which are still in active use and development.

Significant publications

  • The Practice of Programming (1999).
  • The Unix Programming Environment (1984).

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