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Jean Ichbiah

Also Known As Jean David Ichbiah
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Jean David Ichbiah was a French and American computer scientist. From 1977 to 1983, he was the chief designer of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1940 1
Birth Date
1940-03-25 1
Death Year
2007 1
Death Date
2007-01-26 1
Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour 2
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Invented By

Ada, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Ada

Long-Form Articles

From Green to Ada to FITALY: Jean Ichbiah's Two Careers in Computing, Articles
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, nationality there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, nationality there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Jean Ichbiah
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  • Lead section
    Jean David Ichbiah was a French and American computer scientist. From 1977 to 1983, he was the chief designer of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers.
  • Infobox, Born
    March 25, 1940
  • Infobox, Died
    January 26, 2007
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2. Wikidata: Jean Ichbiah
Wikidata Q92853, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Ada
Invented By: Ada, Wikidata Q154755 P178 (developer) claim -> Q92853 (Jean Ichbiah); computing atlas pioneer entity 277060, checked 2026-09-28View the Source
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