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# John Ousterhout

## Profile

A computer scientist and Stanford professor. Creator of the Tcl scripting language; contributor to systems work including Raft. Author of the influential book [[entity-a-philosophy-of-software-design]].

## Role in this source

Cited by [[entity-matt-pocock|Pocock]] as the source of the tactical vs. strategic programming framework that anchors much of the conversation. See [[concept-tactical-vs-strategic-programming]].