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'''Peter Donnelly''' was hired as an APL programmer by [[Dyadic Systems]] in 1980, and in 1990 was one of the three employees who bought the company from its owner at the time, [[wikipedia:Hunting plc|Hunting plc]].<ref>Peter Donnelly. [https://www.dyalog.com/uploads/files/apl50/Dyalog%20APL%20A%20Personal%20History.pdf "Dyalog APL: A Personal History"].</ref> With co-owners [[John Scholes]] and Pauline Brand, he helped to manage the company and develop and sell [[Dyalog APL]], and also originated the [[Dyalog Ltd.#The Dyalog duck|Dyalog duck]]. In 2005, as [[Gitte Christensen]] and [[Morten Kromberg]] took over executive management, Donnelly went into partial retirement. Now living in [[wikipedia:Alonissos|Alonissos]], he continues part-time work writing Dyalog APL's documentation. In 1995 he and [[John Scholes]] received the [[Iverson Award]] for their role in creating and promoting Dyalog APL. | '''Peter Donnelly''' was hired as an APL programmer by [[Dyadic Systems]] in 1980, and in 1990 was one of the three employees who bought the company from its owner at the time, [[wikipedia:Hunting plc|Hunting plc]].<ref>Peter Donnelly. [https://www.dyalog.com/uploads/files/apl50/Dyalog%20APL%20A%20Personal%20History.pdf "Dyalog APL: A Personal History"].</ref> With co-owners [[John Scholes]] and Pauline Brand, he helped to manage the company and develop and sell [[Dyalog APL]], and he also originated the [[Dyalog Ltd.#The Dyalog duck|Dyalog duck]]. In 2005, as [[Gitte Christensen]] and [[Morten Kromberg]] took over executive management, Donnelly went into partial retirement. Now living in [[wikipedia:Alonissos|Alonissos]], he continues part-time work writing Dyalog APL's documentation. In 1995 he and [[John Scholes]] received the [[Iverson Award]] for their role in creating and promoting Dyalog APL. | ||
{{quote|I spent most of the time at APL83 behind a curtain coding, because we had problems with the compactor. It’s surprising Pete still has any hair left, with the organising and borrowing of machines, making sure it all arrived and had Unix on it. It was horrific.|[[John Scholes]]<ref name="taylor"/>}} | {{quote|I spent most of the time at APL83 behind a curtain coding, because we had problems with the compactor. It’s surprising Pete still has any hair left, with the organising and borrowing of machines, making sure it all arrived and had Unix on it. It was horrific.|[[John Scholes]]<ref name="taylor"/>}} | ||