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Stephen R. Bourne

スティーブン・ボーン　/　すてぃーぶん・ぼーん

American computer scientist

January 7, 1944 (age 82)　・　United Kingdom, United States

computer scientist

My Take

Bourne is one of those names that quietly underpins how the modern computing world actually works. The Bourne shell shaped the way countless developers still interact with Unix systems decades later, and that kind of invisible, foundational influence is exactly what I find most compelling. He never seems to chase the spotlight, yet his fingerprints are on terminals everywhere. An English mind who built his career in America and was recognized as an ACM Fellow in 2005, he represents the rare engineer whose work becomes infrastructure rather than a product. I have enormous respect for builders whose legacy outlasts the hype cycles entirely.

Overview

Stephen Richard "Steve" Bourne (born 7 January 1944) is an English computer scientist based in the United States for most of his career. He is well known as the author of the Bourne shell (sh), which is the foundation for the standard command-line interfaces to Unix.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Stephen R. Bourne
Name (Japanese): スティーブン・ボーン
Reading: すてぃーぶん・ぼーん
Born: January 7, 1944 (age 82)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Monkey
Origin: United Kingdom, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: computer scientist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Trinity College

Awards & achievements

2005 ACM Fellow

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

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