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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 co-founded what eventually became [[Dyalog]] and kept working for the company until his death. He was the designer and implementer of [[Dyalog APL]]'s direct functions ([[dfns]], pronounced "dee funs"), a major distinguishing advance which was since copied by [[GNU APL]], [[ngn/apl]], and [[dzaima/APL]]. 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 co-founded what eventually became [[Dyalog]] and kept working for the company until his death. He was the designer and implementer of [[Dyalog APL]]'s direct functions ([[dfns]], pronounced "dee funs"), a major distinguishing advance which was since copied by [[GNU APL]], [[ngn/apl]], and [[dzaima/APL]]. 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 200000 views. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Scholes_(computer_scientist) Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Scholes_(computer_scientist) Wikipedia] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4 The famous Game of Life video] | |||
{{APL community}}[[Category:People|Scholes]] | {{APL community}}[[Category:People|Scholes]] | ||