Jim Weirich | |
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Born | November 18, 1956 |
Died | February 19, 2014 | (aged 57)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Computer scientist, programmer |
Known for | Rake |
Children | 3 |
James Nolan Weirich (November 18, 1956 – February 19, 2014)[1] was a software developer, speaker, teacher, and contributor to the Ruby programming language community.[2][3] He was active in the Ruby community worldwide, speaking at events in Asia,[4] South America,[5] Europe, and the United States.[6][7]
Among his many contributions he created the popular Rake build tool for Ruby.[8]