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Brad Cox

Also Known As Brad J. Cox
Software And Its Engineering

Brad Cox was an American computer scientist known mainly for creating the Objective-C programming language with his business partner Tom Love at their company Stepstone. Stepstone folded in 1994, and NeXT acquired the Objective-C trademark and rights in April 1995. Cox also wrote on software reuse and software componentry. 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
1944 1
Birth Date
1944-05-02 1
Death Year
2021 1
Death Date
2021-01-02 1
Nationality
American 1
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Objective-C, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Objective-C
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1. Wikipedia: Brad Cox
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    Brad J. Cox (May 2, 1944 - January 2, 2021) was an American computer scientist who was known mostly for creating the Objective-C programming language with his business partner Tom Love.
  • Lead section
    Brad J. Cox (May 2, 1944 - January 2, 2021) was an American computer scientist who was known mostly for creating the Objective-C programming language with his business partner Tom Love and for his work in software engineering (specifically software reuse) and software componentry.
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Brad Cox (Wikidata)
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Wikipedia: Objective-C
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