![]() ![]() The back end processing for H&R Blocks’s TaxCut program when online Later on (after my time) Steve as pulled into major projects to support Have allowed CompuServe users without an Internet connection (mostĮveryone then) to browse the web. There, there was a graphics library and enough pieces that I wasĪble to write a web browser that worked inside WinCim, that would Going for a while in the face of the likes of AOL. To the information service that he created which kept the company He later used that as the substrate for WinCim, the graphical interface Where 9600baud modems were considered “fast”. Protocol that rode on top of CompuServe “B-Protocol” to allow APIĭriven interactions with the information service (the alternativeīeing text/command line interfaces). On top of that, Steve created the HMI (Host Micro Interface) Hacks to various tools such as FINE (Fine Is Not Emacs), a CĬompiler, DEC Runoff, laser printer support, source code control System written in there somewhere I think. I worked on BTOOLS, SKIMAN (Single Key Index Access Manager), aī-Tree library Steve had created. These were partially in support ofĬompuServe’s pre-information-service time-sharing services supportedīy a homegrown packet-switched networking. Worthy of his attention, had written a FORTRAN compiler, a BASICĬompiler and associated run-time systems, and a run-time library forīLISS called BTOOLS. He had just given up on writing at DEC10 ADA compiler 1 (Steve is still writingĪDA software), was just beginning to embrace PCs as “real computers” Steve ran the languages and tools group when I arrived. View of his programming output comes largely from 1985-1995. Was fortunate enough to start my career working with/for him. Steve worked at CompuServe (and successors) from 1970 to 2001. Of amazing software which helped set the stage for the Web. Mostly remembered for creating GIF but he spent 30 years writing piles Other finalists for this year's award include Eurogeddon, Super PAC, Superstorm, Nomophobia, Higgs boson, YOLO ("you only live once," though some believers in reincarnation might disagree), and MOOC (massive open online course).Steve Wilhite is the most prolific programmer I’ve ever known. Last year, Oxford chose as Word of the Year "squeezed middle," a term that defines "those seen as bearing the brunt of government tax burdens while having the least with which to relieve it," said the publisher. "The programmers who developed the format preferred a pronunciation with a soft g (in homage to the commercial tagline of the peanut butter brand Jiff, they supposedly quipped 'choosy developers choose GIF')." "The GIF has evolved from a medium for pop-cultural memes into a tool with serious applications including research and journalism, and its lexical identity is transforming to keep pace."Īs an aside to the award, an Oxford press release also gave a lesson in how to pronounce GIF by saying it's appropriate to pronounce it with "a soft g (as in giant) or a hard g (as in graphic)." ![]() dictionaries at Oxford Press, said of the image format. "GIF celebrated a lexical milestone in 2012, gaining traction as a verb, not just a noun," Katherine Martin, head of U.S. Vintage 3D 'wiggle GIFs' respun with library's cool tool. ![]()
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