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Tim Sweeney

Epic Games; Unreal; language-design essays

Tim Sweeney is the founder and CEO of Epic Games, which he started in 1991. He wrote the original Unreal Engine code himself, establishing the engine as a dominant platform for game and real-time 3D development. He is also known for technical writing on programming language design and has been a vocal advocate for open platforms and app-store reform.

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