Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup are 2 of the most influential coders I know
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GhostWolf is the guy you want to have Graphics and Network programming discussions with. He's also cool in the field of game development :3
Dr Super Good is the guy you can count on when it comes to very low level matters dealing with assembler, C and even hardware itself. He'll rustle your jimmies!
Nestharus is the guy you want to consult when it comes to program design. No matter how many times I argue with him, I always find that his designs are superior to mine.
Muzzle is the guy you want to speak to when you feel like discussing Java. And penguins. Who wouldn't want to discuss penguins?
Bribe is like your cool programmer uncle. He's there when you need advice and he'll keep you on the right track. Beautiful code too c:
OffGraphic is the guy you need when you want to do malicious things :3
Ralle is the shit when it comes to web development and management
Maker is the innovative guy always making cool, original and very useful systems with beautiful code c:
Geries is your C potato
Me? I'm a network of neurons with reasonably good pattern recognition capabilities judging resources based on past experience, knowledge and facts. Unavoidable bias in lots of cases too.