Peter Weinberger

Name: Peter Jay Weinberger

Born: August 6, 1942

Computer-related contributions

• Computer scientist who is recognized for his early work at Bell Labs.
• Helped with the design of the pioneering AWK programming language (he is the "W" in AWK).
• His photo image was used for creating the famous PJW Face.
• Former chief technology officer at Renaissance Technologies.
• Presently works at Google (2014).

Significant publications

• The AWK Programming Language (1988).

Quotes

"We sort of understood abstractly the idea that there are only two kinds of software projects: failures and future legacy horrors."