I just gave him as an example of a top programmer who has an academic math background.
Wolfram’s credentials are easy to find. I don’t suppose you get named as a Fellow in the American Mathematical Society if you aren’t something of a credible mathematician. The guy invented and wrote Mathematica for f’s sake.
AMS fellowship is case specific. think: free mathematica copies supplied, some anonymous donations. He is no credible mathematician. What are you doing about? ad hominem attacks? go to Taleb to learn about real ad hominem attacks.
Ramanujan had none (and it was visible in the way he was writing proofs) so what?
Either you produce something of interest in the field or you don’t.
And Wolfram did.