Bill Gosper

Ralph William Gosper Jr.
Born (1943-04-26) April 26, 1943 (age 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Programmer, Computer scientist, Mathematician
OrganizationsXerox PARC, Symbolics, Wolfram Research, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Macsyma, Inc.
Known forGosper 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.

  1. ^ Bill Gosper Archived January 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Vintage Computer Festival. Accessed January 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Levy, Steven, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, (1984)