David Turner
<person> Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional
languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981),
and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K
reduction machine which he defined.
He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension.
He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market
Miranda.
(1994-12-06)
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