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Sam Lantinga

Sam Oscar Lantinga is a computer programmer. He used to be the lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, where he was known to the community as Slouken. He is best known as the creator of the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a very popular open source multimedia programming library, and also developed the compatibility database for Executor, a…

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Employer(s)
Loki Entertainment (1999–2001) Blizzard Entertainment (2001–2011) Galaxy Gameworks (2011) 38 Studios (2011–2012) Valve (2012–present)
Other name
Slouken

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Sam Lantinga

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Avg. degree1.93
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Sam Lantinga

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related to External links · 10
Sam Lantinga → Answers, Homepage, Lantinga, Linux, November, Sam Lantinga's Homepage, Sam's, SDL, The Sam Lantinga, WowpediaSam Lantinga Slings Some
Employer(s) · 1
Sam Lantinga → Loki Entertainment (1999–2001) Blizzard Entertainment (2001–2011) Galaxy Gameworks (2011) 38 Studios (2011–2012) Valve (2012–present)
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Sam LantingaEmployer(s)Loki Entertainment (1999–2001) Blizzard Entertainment (2001–2011) Galaxy Gameworks (2011) 38 Studios (2011–2012) Valve (2012–present)1.00infobox
Sam LantingaOther nameSlouken1.00infobox
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksSam Lantinga's Homepage0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksHomepage0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksSDL0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksSam's0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksLantinga0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksWowpediaSam Lantinga Slings Some0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksAnswers0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksThe Sam Lantinga0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksNovember0.60section
Sam Lantingarelated to External linksLinux0.60section

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