“Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Awards are presented
annually to individuals who, in the spirit of innovation and
cooperation, have made significant contributions to the advancement
of software development.”
“The recipients of the 1999 Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming
Awards… As creator of the Python programming language, Guido van
Rossum has given software developers a tool that addresses many of
the shortcomings of more well-known and mainstream languages. On
the systems side, Donald Becker has contributed extensively to
Linux’s networking code and played a pivotal role in advancing
low-cost, high-performance parallel computing as the chief
investigator of the Beowulf Project…”