Comment by wyldfire
There is! ACM grants several awards for scientists and more.
One such award is the Turing Award [1], given "for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science."
There is! ACM grants several awards for scientists and more.
One such award is the Turing Award [1], given "for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science."
The Turing Award is given for breakthroughs in computer science, not for "most productive programmer of all time", and it wouldn't be appropriate for Ballard.
Possibly more relevant is the "ACM Software System Award": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACM_Software_Syst...