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Robert Griesemer

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Robert Griesemer is a Swiss computer scientist who co-created the Go programming language at Google together with Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. He studied at ETH Zurich, completing his doctorate under Hanspeter Mossenboeck and Niklaus Wirth on a programming language for vector computers. Before Go, he contributed to Google's V8 JavaScript engine and the Sawzall language, and earlier worked on Java's HotSpot virtual machine, Strongtalk and Animorphic Oberon. 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 Date
1964-06-09 1
Nationality
Swiss 2
Disputed
Birth Year
1964 2
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In Field

Programming Language Theory, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Robert Griesemer

Invented

Go, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Go (programming language)
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Nationality

Switzerland

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Robert Griesemer
Wikidata Q16729446, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: Robert Griesemer
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Background
    Robert Griesemer studied at the ETH Zurich, where he did his doctorate under the supervision of Hanspeter Mössenböck and Niklaus Wirth on the subject of a programming language for vector computers.
  • Introduction
    Robert Griesemer (born 1964) is a Swiss computer scientist. He is best known for his work on the Go programming language.
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
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Wikipedia: Go (programming language)
Wikimedia FoundationInvented: Go, History sectionView the Source
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