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'''John Morley Scholes''' (1948–2019) was a British computer scientist. His professional career was devoted to the development of APL. He was the first lead developer at what eventually became [[Dyalog Ltd.]] and kept working for the company until his death, since when he has dedicated himself to the art of writing perfect programs.<ref>[http://dfns.dyalog.com/n_beyond.htm ''The Beyond''], dfns workspace.</ref> He was the designer and implementer of [[Dyalog APL]]'s direct functions ([[dfn]]s, pronounced "dee funs"), a major distinguishing advance which was since copied by all new APLs; [[NARS2000]], [[GNU APL]], [[ngn/apl]], [[dzaima/APL]], etc. He also advocated for simplicity in computer systems. | '''John Morley Scholes''' (1948–2019) was a British computer scientist. His professional career was devoted to the development of APL. He was the first lead developer at what eventually became [[Dyalog Ltd.]] and kept working for the company until his death, since when he has dedicated himself to the art of writing perfect programs.<ref>[http://dfns.dyalog.com/n_beyond.htm ''The Beyond''], dfns workspace.</ref> He was the designer and implementer of [[Dyalog APL]]'s direct functions ([[dfn]]s, pronounced "dee funs"), a major distinguishing advance which was since copied by all new APLs; [[NARS2000]], [[GNU APL]], [[ngn/apl]], [[dzaima/APL]], etc. He also advocated for simplicity in computer systems. | ||
In 2009, Scholes produced an explanatory video of his implementation of John Conway's "Game of Life". It has since gathered almost 200 000 views. He has also produced numerous, always well-received, presentation and papers on various subjects from the technical to the | In 1995 he and [[Pete Donnelly]] received the [[Iverson Award]] for their role in creating and promoting Dyalog APL. | ||
In 2009, Scholes produced an explanatory video of his implementation of John Conway's "Game of Life". It has since gathered almost 200 000 views. He has also produced numerous, always well-received, presentation and papers on various subjects from the technical to the [[humor]]ous. | |||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4 Video: ''Game of Life''] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4 Video: ''Game of Life''] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmT80OseAGs Video: ''A Sudoku Solver in APL''] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmT80OseAGs Video: ''A Sudoku Solver in APL''] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsZdfnlh_d0 Video: ''Depth-first search in APL''] | |||
* [http://dfns.dyalog.com/downloads/howcomp.pdf Article: ''How to Write Computer Programs''] | * [http://dfns.dyalog.com/downloads/howcomp.pdf Article: ''How to Write Computer Programs''] | ||
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