Martin Richards (computer scientist)

Martin Richards ( born July 21, 1940) is a British computer scientist.

Richards studied at Cambridge University mathematics and computer science. For his dissertation in 1967 (The design and implementation of CPL -like programming languages ​​), he developed the BCPL programming language. She was the starting point for the development of the B programming language by Ken Thompson ( 1969), which was then further developed by Dennis Ritchie at C.

Richards was until his retirement in 2007 Senior Lecturer in the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John 's College.

In 1979, he developed the portable operating system for minicomputers Tripos ..

In 2003 he received the Computer Pioneer Award.

Writings

  • The portability of the BCPL compiler, Software: Practice and Experience, Volume 1, 1971, p 135-146
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