Lattner, along with Vikram, created LLVM as a University project, he was only hired by Apple later so at least the initial work wasn’t done while at the company so I’m not sure it would qualify. That combined with the fact that he left before Swift was completed and even then most of the work was being done by others, raises some possible obstacles. It’s a shame, he’s an incredible engineer, but there it is.
Vikram visited the deep learning team I managed in the UIUC Research Park. A very nice guy, and when introductions were made and I heard that he co-created LLVM, to say I was impressed is an understatement.
+1000 karma points for people like Vikram who stay in academia and continue to teach.
