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Robert Griesemer

Software Engineer at Google; Co-Creator of Go

Robert Griesemer is a Swiss computer scientist and software engineer at Google. He is best known as a co-creator of the Go programming language, alongside Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. He earned his doctorate at ETH Zurich under Hanspeter Mössenböck and Niklaus Wirth, and earlier worked on the Java HotSpot VM, V8 and Sawzall.

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Key facts

Works at
Google, Software Engineer
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Java HotSpot VM, engineer (compiler)
Sawzall, engineer
V8, engineer (code generation)
Go, co-creator

Career

  1. Googlecurrent
    Software Engineer
    Verified1 source

Timeline 5

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Undated5 events
  1. undatedBuilt
    Robert Griesemer built Java HotSpot VM
    engineer (compiler)
    Unverified1 source· Web· archived
    +2 more projects on the full timeline
  2. undatedBuilt
    Robert Griesemer built Sawzall
    engineer
    Verified1 source· Web· archived
  3. undatedCareer
    Robert Griesemer works at Google
    Software Engineer
    Verified1 source· Web· archived

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