Channels ▼   Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award 2008
Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award is annually bestowed
on individuals who, in the spirit of innovation and cooperation,
have made significant contributions to the advancement of
software development. The first award was given out in 1995,
recognizing two individuals: Alexander Stepanov, for his work on
the C++ Standard Template Library, and Linus Torvalds, for
creating Linux.  It is particularly pertinent that the first Dr.
Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award acknowledged work
specifically related to the C++ programming language. With on
the order of a million users, C++ is one of the most widely used
programming languages ever, and a number of subsequent
recipients also did their award-winning work in C++. The
influence of C++ on modern programming practice is incalculable.
Features that first saw mainstream use in C++ can be seen in
newer languages such as C# and Java, not to mention the newest
versions of older languages such as C an