why the lucky stiff

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why the lucky stiff

Summary

why the lucky stiff is a human[1]. He was born on January 1, 1953[2]. He worked as a writer[3], programmer[4], engineer[5], and computer scientist[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month, #7,255 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • why the lucky stiff was born on January 1, 1953[2].
  • why the lucky stiff held citizenship in United States[8].
  • why the lucky stiff's professions included writer[3].
  • why the lucky stiff's professions included programmer[4].
  • why the lucky stiff's professions included engineer[5].
  • why the lucky stiff's professions included computer scientist[6].
  • A notable work attributed to why the lucky stiff is Why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby[9].
  • A notable work attributed to why the lucky stiff is Camping[10].
  • why the lucky stiff is recorded as male[11].
  • why the lucky stiff's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • why the lucky stiff's Commons category is recorded as Why the lucky stiff[13].
  • why the lucky stiff's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Jonathan S. Gillette'}[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5401a0e0-fd3a-4d77-8ced-d95b8f88e9ed[16]

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Origins and Family

why the lucky stiff was born on January 1, 1953[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include writer[3], programmer[4], engineer[5], and computer scientist[6].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby[9], a written work[17] and Camping[10], a web framework[18].

Why It Matters

why the lucky stiff ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month, #7,255 of 1,000,298).[7] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What did why the lucky stiff do for work?

why the lucky stiff worked as writer[3], programmer[4], engineer[5], and computer scientist[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Open Library. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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