Chris Lattner—Chris Lattner created LLVM, Clang, and Swift, all released as open source
Lattner created the LLVM compiler infrastructure (2000), the Clang compiler (2007), and Swift programming language (2014), all released as open source. LLVM became the foundation for compilers across the industry. Swift was open-sourced by Apple in 2015. These projects have had enormous impact on software development.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +1.180 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Lattner created LLVM, Clang, and Swift, open sourcing foundational compiler technology
Lattner began LLVM as a research project at the University of Illinois in 2000. It grew into the dominant compiler infrastructure used by Apple, Google, and many others. He created Clang (2007) and Swift (2014), both open sourced. Swift was open sourced by Apple in December 2015.