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Bram Moolenaar (born 1961 in Lisse – 3 August 2023[1]) was a Dutch computer programmer and an active member of the open-source software community. He was the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim,[2] a vi-derivative text editor that is very popular among programmers and power users. From July 2006 until September 2021 Moolenaar was employed by Google working in the Zürich office.[3] He was able to spend part of his time maintaining Vim.[4]