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Dick Grune

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Dick Grune is a Dutch computer scientist and university lecturer, born in Enschede in the Netherlands. He is best known for inventing and developing the first version of the Concurrent Versions System, CVS, an early and widely used tool for tracking changes to source code. In the 1970s he was involved in building compilers for the language Algol 68, and in the 1980s he worked on the Amsterdam Compiler Kit. He also gave the name gnome sort to a simple sorting algorithm that Hamid Sarbazi-Azad had invented and first published as stupid sort. His textbooks include Parsing Techniques, written with Ceriel Jacobs, and Modern Compiler Design.

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1939 1
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Dutch 2
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Dick Grune is a Dutch computer scientist and university lecturer
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1. Dick Grune: Curriculum Vitae of Dick Grune
Dick GruneCurriculum Vitae, 1939 entry
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1939 Born in Enschede, the Netherlands.
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2. Dick Grune (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph [nationality]
    Dick Grune is a Dutch computer scientist and university lecturer
  • In Group: Compilers and Language Implementation, Lead paragraph
    Grune was involved in the construction of Algol 68 compilers in the 1970s and the Amsterdam Compiler Kit in the 1980s.
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
    Grune was involved in the construction of Algol 68 compilers in the 1970s and the Amsterdam Compiler Kit in the 1980s.
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