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Paul Graham

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Paul Graham is an English-American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur and investor. His work includes the programming language Arc, the startup Viaweb, later renamed Yahoo Store, co-founding the startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, and the media site Hacker News. He is the author of the programming books On Lisp, ANSI Common Lisp and Hackers and Painters, and has been described by technology journalist Steven Levy as a hacker philosopher.

Facts
Birth Year
1964 1
Birth Date
1964-11-13 2
Nationality
English-American 2
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Source Wikipedia: Paul Graham

Invented By

Source Programming Language Database (PLDB): Arc
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1. Wikidata: Paul Graham
  • Wikidata Q92650, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
  • Wikidata Q92650 P569 (date of birth)
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2. Wikipedia: Paul Graham
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    Paul Graham (; born November 13, 1964) is an English-American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur, and investor.
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead
    His work includes the programming language Arc, the startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo!
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Programming Language Database (PLDB): Arc
Invented By: Arc (programming language), Page summary
Quote, Invented By: Arc (programming language), Page summary
Arc is a programming language created in 2001 by Paul Graham and Robert Morris.
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