Grady Booch is Chief Scientist at Rational Software, and his research paved the expressway to OOP as we know it today. Many thanks to Grady for his candid response:
- What is
your programming language of choice?
C++
- What is
your favorite operating system?
the Mac OS
- Do you
have a hero or role model?
anyone and everyone who is living life fully
- What is
your favorite kind of music?
Renaissance era instrumental music and contemporary Christian music
- What is
your favorite news group?
comp.object
- What is
your favorite web page (besides geekchic!)?
I can best answer this by listing my current bookmarks:
- Apple Computer www.apple.com
- Dilbert www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert
- IBM www.ibm.com
- Microsoft www.microsoft.com
- Patterns st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/patterns/patterns.html (now broken)
- Rational (private intranet)
- Rational www.rational.com
- Robot Store www.robotstore.com
- Robotics www.activemedia.com
- TravelWeb www.travelweb.com/
- Vatican www.christusrex.org
- Walt Disney World disneyworld.com (previously www.travelweb.com/thisco/wdw/wdwhome/wdw.html)
- Weather - Global www.intellicast.com
- Weather - Local www.kcncnews4.com
- Weather - Maui www.satlab.hawaii.edu/weather (now broken) (but you can see the weather on Maui via accuweather)
- Yahoo www.yahoo.com
- Yahoo - Comp Sci www.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science
- What sports
do you enjoy?
racquetball
- What kind
of car do you drive?
a Bronco II
- What hobbies
do you enjoy outside of work?
- reading
- my wife and are are voracious readers..on a good week I might read upwards of 10 books
- traveling
- especially London, anywhere in Australia, and anywhere there's a beach (especially Maui); coming up on our list are a photo safari to Africa, sailing the Greek isles, touring Israel, and exploring Alaska
- music
- as in singing and playing (I play the Celtic harp, guitar, recorder, piano, and keyboards)
- crafts
- such as rubber stamping, doll houses (we just finished one for one of our godchildren), and model trains (I'm helping a friend with his layout)
- gardening
- bridge
- theater
- What is
your favorite book (or author)?
I typically have a couple of books going at once, so its hard to name just one. My tasts are diverse: For example, I just finished "Red Dwarf" and "A History of God." If I were forced to limit my choices, I'd say:
- "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter
- "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand
- "Mere Christinity" by C.S. Lewis
- What is
your favorite movie?
Casablanca
I'm also fond of movies by Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and others of that genre. I've also got a weakness for romantic comedies.
- What sort
of clothing do you usually wear to work?
I telecommute, and on top of that, I'm not a coat-and-tie sort of fellow, but rather lean to the casual. Right now I'm wearing a striped banded collar shirt and slacks. Purple seems to be my signature color. Now that I have a video link into my home, I'll have to dress up a bit more. Well, at least from the waist up.
- What is
your favorite food?
Sushi. Sea urchin is my favorite. In general, I'm an adventerous eater. I've had everything from duck tongue to fish head to sea cucumber to jelly fish.
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