Ian Stewart wrote about Steve Omohundro's extension to an arbitrary number of pirates in the May 1999 edition of Scientific American and described the rather intricate pattern that emerges in the solution.
Steve Jobs | Steve McQueen | Steve Martin | Steve Reich | Steve Vai | Steve Winwood | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Steve Earle | Steve Davis | Steve Forbes | Steve Coogan | Steve Allen | Steve Wozniak | Steve Guttenberg | Steve Biko | Steve Lawrence | Steve Roach | Steve Fossett | Steve Harvey | Steve | Steve Young | Steve Waugh | Steve Taylor | Steve Lacy | Steve Coleman | Steve Albini | Steve Roach (musician) | Steve Morse | Steve Lamacq | Steve Irwin |
It originated circa 1990 at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) at the University of California, Berkeley, developed by an international team led by Steve Omohundro.