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.
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 Hugo Award in 1976. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1975, notably beating John Varley (author) 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
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