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Christopher Strachey
KindPerson
Born1916
Died1975
StatusDead
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Designed CPL — ancestor of BCPL, B, and C — and founded denotational semantics with Dana Scott.

Created CPL Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages

Led CPL's design at Cambridge, wrote the first denotational semantics work, coined 'currying,' and built the first time-sharing system (with the first video game, a draughts program, on it).\n\nHis 'Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages' lecture notes (1967) are the field's foundational text; the Oxford semantics school is his legacy.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Strachey