Ralph William Gosper Jr. | |
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| Born | April 26, 1943 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation(s) | Programmer, Computer scientist, Mathematician |
| Organizations | Xerox PARC, Symbolics, Wolfram Research, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Macsyma, Inc. |
| Known for | Gosper curve, Gosper Glider Gun, Gosper's algorithm, Hashlife |
Ralph William Gosper Jr. (born April 26, 1943), known as Bill Gosper, is an American mathematician and programmer.[1] Along with Richard Greenblatt, he may be considered to have founded the hacker community, and he holds a place of pride in the Lisp community.[2] The Gosper curve and the Gosper's algorithm are named after him.
- ^ Bill Gosper Archived January 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Vintage Computer Festival. Accessed January 3, 2007.
- ^ Levy, Steven, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, (1984)