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Simon Peyton Jones
British computer scientist (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. The subject's surname should be written as "Peyton Jones", not Jones.
Simon Peyton Jones OBE FRS MAE DFBCS[4][5] (born 18 January 1958) is a British computer scientist who researches the implementation and applications of functional programming languages, particularly lazy functional programming.[2][6]
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Born | (1958-01-18) 18 January 1958 (age 66) South Africa |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Glasgow Haskell Compiler C-- |
Awards | ACM Fellow (2004)[1] |
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