John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard

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John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Meta's VR division, posted a tribute to Fabrice Bellard on social media, praising the French programmer's exceptional technical contributions to computing. Bellard, known for creating FFmpeg and QEMU among other critical open-source tools, has quietly shaped the infrastructure underlying modern software development. Carmack's acknowledgment, from one of the industry's most respected voices, highlights how Bellard's work, though often operating behind the scenes, ranks among the most impactful in computer science. The post sparked discussion on Hacker News, with 154 comments and 253 points, as the tech community celebrated Bellard's outsized influence on their field.