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Jules Schwartz
KindPerson
Born—
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Fieldprogramming languages
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Led JOVIAL at SDC — the Jules' Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language that ran US military systems for decades.

Created JOVIAL

Created JOVIAL (1959) at SDC — 'Jules' Own Version' — the ALGOL dialect that ran US military command systems for decades.\n\nHe named it after himself as a joke on JOSS; the name stuck on MIL-STD-1589.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOVIAL
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Schwartz_(computer_scientist)