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Richard Gabriel

Richard Gabriel
Researcher, IBM Research

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Richard P. Gabriel is a researcher at IBM Research, looking into the architecture, design, and implementation of extraordinarily large, self-sustaining systems. He is the award-winning author of four books and a poetry chapbook. He lives in California.

Sessions

7:00pm Wednesday, 05/18/2011
50 in 50
Keynote
 Location: Ballroom I - II
Please note: This and all other keynotes will be live streamed and recorded.
Guy Steele (Oracle Labs), Richard Gabriel (IBM Research)
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People keep inventing new programming languages. What is programming, and how can the design of a programming language help or hinder that process? We have learned a lot over the last five decades: principles, conventions, theory, fashions, and fads. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Read more.
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