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Gerald Jay Sussman Alive

Gerald Jay Sussman
KindPerson
Born1947
StatusAlive
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourcemitpress.mit.edu ↗

Co-created Scheme and co-wrote SICP — the book that taught a generation that languages are ideas.

Created Scheme Lambda: The Ultimate Imperative

Co-invented Scheme with Steele, co-wrote SICP (1985) — the 'wizard book' that taught a generation — and built the first AI planner micro-systems.\n\nPanasonic Professor at MIT; his 'Art of the Interpreter' thesis is Scheme's origin story.

Sources

  1. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262011532/structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Jay_Sussman