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Sam Lantinga
American video game programmer
- Audience498
- Fame57.8
- Momentum5.8
- Wikipedia720
498 github followers
Born 1974 · age 52United States
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Updated 2026-06-21
Sam Oscar Lantinga is a computer programmer. He used to be the lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, where he was known to the community as Slouken. He is best known as the creator of the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a very popular open source multimedia programming library, and also developed the compatibility database for Executor, a proprietary Mac OS emulator.
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Rising57.8
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Momentum5.8
Historical8.1
Source confidence60.0
Completeness45.0
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- 山姆·兰迪加Low confidencewikipedia · zh.wikipedia.org
- Sam LantingaLow confidencewikipedia · de.wikipedia.org
- Sam LantingaLow confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org