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Guy L. Steele Jr.

Also Known As Guy Steele · The Great Quux · Quux · gls · G. L. Steele · G. Steele
Software And Its Engineering

Guy Lewis Steele Jr. (born October 2, 1954) is an American computer scientist who has played an important role in designing and documenting several computer programming languages and technical standards.

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Birth Year
1954 1
Birth Date
1954-10-02 1
Award
Grace Murray Hopper Award 1
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Fellow of the Royal Society 1
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Harry H. Goode Memorial Award 1
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ACM Fellow 1
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AAAI Fellow 1
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Programming Languages Achievement Award 1
Contribution Kind
Language 2
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Source Guy L. Steele Jr. (Wikipedia)

Invented

Source Wikidata: Emacs Lisp
Source Fortress (programming language) (Wikipedia)

Invented By

Source MIT/GNU Scheme (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata: Guy L. Steele Jr.
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2. Guy L. Steele Jr. (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: known_for
    Emacs, Programming languages, Technical standards
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
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MIT/GNU Scheme (Wikipedia)
Invented By: MIT/GNU Scheme, Lead, first release
Quote, Invented By: MIT/GNU Scheme, Lead, first release
It was first released by Guy Lewis Steele Jr. and Gerald Jay Sussman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986
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Fortress (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Invented: Fortress (programming language), Infobox: designers
Quote, Invented: Fortress (programming language), Infobox: designers
Guy L. Steele Jr., others
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