Harold W. Bud Lawson (1937-2019) was a software engineer, computer architect and systems engineer credited with the 1964 invention of the pointer in high-level programming languages. He was presented the Computer Pioneer Award by the IEEE in 2000 for this invention.
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1937
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2019
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American computer scientist
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Harold W. "Bud" Lawson
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Lawson is credited with the 1964 invention of the pointer in high-level programming languages (with "a lot of comments" from Donald Knuth and Douglas McIlroy).
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P569 (date of birth): 1937-12-13
1937-12-13
Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
Wikidata P166: IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Simon Ramo Medal.
P570 (date of death): 2019-06-10
2019-06-10
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