Two Thousand Ten’s Turing to Thacker

I cannot think of a more deserving recipient of the ACM Turing award than Chuck Thacker. I was actually surprised that he hadn’t been considered before for this high recognition. I’ve been tuned to his brilliant work since the days that I’ve studied the Alto at school. I chronicled my 2008 visit to Chuck and his research team at MSR SV here.

NOTE. In truth, the award announced today is a 2009 award. The title’s allitteration was too good to pass on though…