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James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Gosling OC (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.[3]
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Born | James Arthur Gosling (1955-05-19) May 19, 1955 (age 69) |
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Known for | Java (programming language) Gosling Emacs |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Officer of the Order of Canada
IEEE John von Neumann Medal The Economist Innovation Award NAE Foreign Member Fellow Computer History Museum |
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Thesis | Algebraic Constraints (1983) |
Doctoral advisor | Bob Sproull and Raj Reddy[2] |
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Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conception and development of the architecture for the Java programming language and for contributions to window systems.