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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>demigod</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="demented.html" title="demented"/><link rel="next" href="demo.html" title="demo"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">demigod</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="demented.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="demo.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="demigod"/><dt xmlns="" id="demigod"><b>demigod</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A hacker with years of experience, a world-wide reputation, and a
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major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by
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or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a
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genuine demigod, the person must recognizably identify with the hacker
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community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include Ken Thompson
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and Dennis Ritchie (co-inventors of <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a> and
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<a href="../C/C.html"><i class="glossterm">C</i></a>), Richard M. Stallman (inventor of
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<a href="../E/EMACS.html"><i class="glossterm">EMACS</i></a>), Larry Wall (inventor of
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<a href="../P/Perl.html"><i class="glossterm">Perl</i></a>), Linus Torvalds (inventor of
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<a href="../L/Linux.html"><i class="glossterm">Linux</i></a>), and most recently James Gosling (inventor of
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Java, <a href="../N/NeWS.html"><i class="glossterm">NeWS</i></a>, and <a href="../G/GOSMACS.html"><i class="glossterm">GOSMACS</i></a>) and
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Guido van Rossum (inventor of <a href="../P/Python.html"><i class="glossterm">Python</i></a>). In their
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hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods
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themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to
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completion by the author's veiled hopes of apotheosis. See also
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<a href="../N/net-god.html"><i class="glossterm">net.god</i></a>, <a href="../T/true-hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">true-hacker</i></a>,
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<a href="../U/ubergeek.html"><i class="glossterm">ubergeek</i></a>. Since 1995 or so this term has been
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gradually displaced by <a href="../U/ubergeek.html"><i class="glossterm">ubergeek</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="demented.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="demo.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">demented </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> demo</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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