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William Wulf

Also Known As William A. Wulf · Bill Wulf · William A Wulf · W. A. Wulf · William Allan Wulf
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William Allan Wulf (December 8, 1939 to March 10, 2023) was an American computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers.

Facts
Birth Year
1939 1
Birth Date
1939-12-08 2
Death Year
2023 2
Death Date
2023-03-10 2
Nationality
American 2
Award
ACM Fellow 1
Award
Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing 1
Award
ACM Distinguished Service Award 1
Connections

In Field

Source Wikipedia: William Wulf

Invented

Source BLISS (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikidata: William Wulf
  • Wikidata Q8020606, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q8020606 P569 (date of birth)
2. Wikipedia: William Wulf
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead sentence, birth date in parenthetical
    William Allan Wulf (December 8, 1939, March 10, 2023) was an American computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers.
  • Lead sentence, death date in parenthetical
    William Allan Wulf (December 8, 1939, March 10, 2023) was an American computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers.
  • Lead sentence, nationality clause
    William Allan Wulf (December 8, 1939, March 10, 2023) was an American computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers.
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
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BLISS (Wikipedia)
Invented: BLISS (programming language), Lead paragraph
Quote, Invented: BLISS (programming language), Lead paragraph
BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by W. Wulf
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