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Barbara Liskov Alive

Barbara Liskov
KindPerson
Born1939
StatusAlive
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourcewww.csail.mit.edu ↗

Led the CLU design — iterators, abstract data types, and the substitution principle named for her.

Created CLU

Designed CLU (1974) — abstract data types, iterators, exceptions as language features — and formulated the Liskov Substitution Principle (1987/94), the 'L' in SOLID.\n\nTuring Award 2008. Her substitution principle is the rule every OO design argument cites.

Sources

  1. csail.mit.edu/person/barbara-liskov
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Liskov