Trygve Mikkjel Heyerdahl Reenskaug, born in 1930 and died in 2024, was a Norwegian computer scientist and professor emeritus of the University of Oslo. He formulated the model-view-controller pattern for graphical user interface software design in 1979 while visiting the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. His first major software project, Autokon, produced a successful computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing program that was first used in 1963 and continued in use by shipyards worldwide for more than 30 years.
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Trygve Mikkjel Heyerdahl Reenskaug (21 June 1930-14 June 2024) was a Norwegian computer scientist and professor emeritus of the University of Oslo.
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Reenskaug died on 14 June 2024, at the age of 93.
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