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David Gelernter

Also Known As David Hillel Gelernter
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David Hillel Gelernter is an American computer scientist and writer who was a professor of computer science at Yale University. He is known for contributions to parallel computation in the 1980s and for books on topics such as computed worlds, including Mirror Worlds. 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
1955 1
Birth Date
1955-03-05 2
Connections

In Field

Parallel Computing, Fields
Source Wikipedia: David Gelernter

Invented

Linda (coordination language), Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Linda

Long-Form Articles

Linda and the tuple space model of parallel programming, Articles
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Member Of

Yale University

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Source Wikipedia: David Gelerntertier 2

Nationality

United States

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1. Wikidata: David Gelernter
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2. Wikipedia: David Gelernter
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  • Lead section
    born March 5, 1955
  • In Field: Parallel Computing, Lead paragraph
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Wikidata: Linda
Invented: Linda (coordination language)View the Source
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