Editing Valgrind (section)

== History and development ==

The name Valgrind refers to the main entrance to [[Valhalla]] in [[Norse mythology]].<ref>[http://www.valgrind.org/docs/manual/faq.html#faq.whence Valgrind FAQ]</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.voluspa.org/grimnismal21-25.htm| title=Grímnismál| website=Völuspá.org}}</ref> During development (before release) the project was named [[Heimdall]]; however, the name would have conflicted with a security package.

The original author of Valgrind is [[Julian Seward]], who in 2006 won a [[Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award]] for his work on Valgrind.<ref>[https://valgrind.org/gallery/awards.html valgrind.org's list of awards]</ref><ref>[http://code.google.com/events/osa-hall-of-fame.html Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards – Hall of Fame]</ref>

Several others have also made significant contributions, including Nicholas Nethercote, Bart Van Assche, Florian Krohm, Tom Hughes, Philippe Waroquiers, Mark Wielaard, Paul Floyd, Petar Jovanovic, Carl Love, Cerion Armour-Brown and Ivo Raisr.<ref>[https://valgrind.org/info/developers.html The Valgrind Developers]</ref>

It is used by a number of Linux-based projects.<ref>[https://valgrind.org/gallery/users.html valgrind.org's list of users]</ref>