Joe Armstrong (programmer)
British computer scientist (1950–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Leslie Armstrong (27 December 1950 – 20 April 2019) was a computer scientist working in the area of fault-tolerant distributed systems. He is best known as one of the co-designers of the Erlang programming language.
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Joe Armstrong | |
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Born | (1950-12-27)27 December 1950 Bournemouth, England, UK |
Died | 20 April 2019(2019-04-20) (aged 68) |
Alma mater | University College London, UK; Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Computer programmer, professor, author |
Known for | Creating the Erlang programming language |
Spouse | Helen Taylor |
Children | Thomas Armstrong, Claire Armstrong |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Edinburgh Ericsson Computer Science Lab KTH |
Website | joearms |
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