P. J. Plauger

P. J. Plauger is an author and entrepreneur. He has written and co-written articles and books about programming style, software tools, and the C programming language.

He founded Whitesmiths, the first company to sell a C compiler and Unix-like operating system (Idris). He has since been involved in C and C++ standardization and is now the president of Dinkumware. In January 2009 he became the convener of the ISO C++ standards committee, but in October 2009 he tendered his resignation after failing to pass a resolution to stop processing any new features in order to facilitate the promised shipping date for the C++0x standard.^[1][2]

Plauger wrote a science fiction short story, "Child of All Ages", first published in Analog in the March 1975 issue, whose hero was granted immortality before attaining puberty and finds that being a child who never grows up is far removed from an idyllic Peter Pan-like existence. The story was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1975 and a Hugo Award in 1976. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1975, notably beating John Varley for the award.

Bibliography

• The Elements of Programming Style (1974, revised 1978) with Brian W. Kernighan
• Software Tools (1976) with Brian W. Kernighan
• Software Tools in Pascal (1981) with Brian W. Kernighan
• The Standard C Library (1992)
• Programming on Purpose, collected essays from the magazine Computer Language
  • Volume I: Essays on Software Design (1992)
  • Volume II: Essays on Software People (1993)
  • Volume III: Essays on Software Technology (1993)
• The Draft Standard C++ Library (1995)
• Standard C: A Reference (1989, revised 1992, revised 1996) with Jim Brodie
• The C++ Standard Template Library (2001) with Alexander Stepanov, Meng Lee, and David R. Musser

External links

• Personal website
• Dinkumware company website
• P. J. Plauger at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References

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