Henry Spencer

Henry Spencer is one of the most respected programmers in the history of computer science. His contributions, specially to the Unix and C programming communities are considerable and still very appreciated today.

Here are some of his most interesting works:

• The Ten Commandments for C Programmers (Annotated Edition)
• #ifdef Considered Harmful, or Portability Experience With C News by Henry Spencer and Geoff Collyer
• The Amazing AWK Assembler - One of the most legendary AWK programs ever written.