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Rod Burstall

Also Known As Rodney Martineau Burstall
Software And Its Engineering

Rodney Martineau Burstall (11 November 1934 - 13 February 2025) was a British computer scientist who was one of four founders of the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Facts
Birth Year
1934 1
Birth Date
1934-11-11 1
Death Year
2025 1
Death Date
2025-02-13 1
Nationality
British 1
Award
Programming Languages Achievement Award 2
Connections

In Field

Programming Language Theory, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Rod Burstall

Invented

Hope (programming language), Programming Languages
Source Hope (programming language) (Wikipedia)
POP-2, Programming Languages
Source POP-2 (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

United Kingdom

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Rod BurstallLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Rodney Martineau Burstall (11 November 1934 – 13 February 2025) was a British computer scientist who was one of four founders of the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Rod Burstall
  • Infobox: birth_date
    November 11, 1934
  • Lead sentence, birth date
    11 November 1934
  • Infobox: death_date
    February 13, 2025
  • Biography, final paragraph
    Burstall died on 13 February 2025
  • Lead sentence, descriptor
    was a British computer scientist
  • Lead sentence, full name
    Rodney Martineau Burstall
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraph
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2. Rod Burstall (Wikidata)
Wikidata P166: Programming Languages Achievement Award
Quote, Wikidata P166: Programming Languages Achievement Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Programming Languages Achievement Award.
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POP-2 (Wikipedia)
Invented: POP-2, Lead sentence
Quote, Invented: POP-2, Lead sentence
POP-2 (also called POP2) is a programming language developed around 1970 from the earlier language POP-1 (developed by Robin Popplestone in 1968, originally named COWSEL) by Robin Popplestone and Rod Burstall at the University of Edinburgh.
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Hope (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Invented: Hope (programming language), Infobox: designers
Quote, Invented: Hope (programming language), Infobox: designers
Rod Burstall D. B. MacQueen Don Sannella
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