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P. J. Plauger is an author and entrepreneur.He has written and co-written articles and books about programming style, software tools, and the C programming language.

He founded Whitesmiths, the first company to sell a C compiler and Unix-like operating system (Idris).He has since been involved in C and C++ standardization and is now the president of Dinkumware. In January 2009 he became the convener of the ISO C++ standards committee, but in October 2009 he tendered his resignation after failing to pass a resolution to stop processing any new features in order to facilitate the promised shipping date for the C++0x standard.

Plauger wrote a science fiction short story, "Child of All Ages", first published in Analog in the March 1975 issue, whose hero was granted immortality before attaining puberty and finds that being a child who never grows up is far removed from an idyllic Peter Pan-like existence. The story was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1975 and a Hugo Award in 1976. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1975, notably beating John Varley for the award.

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