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Momentum leader29.6Satoru IwataThe fastest rising
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Leslie Lamport
Developers
2nd57.8 · mom 27
Satoru Iwata
Developers
1st61.1 · mom 30
David Heinemeier Hansson
Developers
3rd75.8 · mom 25
Satoru Iwata leads this board.
Momentum 29.6, the fastest climb on this board.
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryFame
10th, stable
David Jones
United KingdomDevelopers56.4mom 2011th, rising
Trevor Blackwell
CanadaDevelopers49.8mom 1912th, stable
Leonard Adleman
United StatesDevelopers54.8mom 1913th, rising
Armin Ronacher
AustriaDevelopers65.7mom 1914th, rising
Sam AltmanUnited StatesDevelopers86.2mom 1915th, rising
Dennis M. RitchieUnited StatesDevelopers68.0mom 1816th, rising
Edsger W. Dijkstra
NetherlandsDevelopers64.9mom 1817th, rising
Takashi Tezuka
JapanDevelopers57.0mom 1818th, rising
Tony HoareUnited KingdomDevelopers57.8mom 1819th, rising
Niklaus Wirth
SwitzerlandDevelopers57.9mom 1720th, rising
Alexey PajitnovUnited StatesDevelopers61.7mom 1721st, rising
Eric S. RaymondUnited StatesDevelopers67.4mom 17What moved this board
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Satoru Iwata holds 55th among developers
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959-2015)
Leslie Lamport holds 69th among developers
American computer scientist
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