Comment by jeffreygoesto

I immediately thought "Edward Lee" when I read the title. And sure...

His seminal paper "The problem with threads" [0] and others inspired [1] a lot.

Boy would I love to see what would have happened if he and Joe Armstrong would have collaborated...

[0] https://ptolemy.berkeley.edu/publications/papers/06/problemw...

[1] https://edms.etas.com/