John M. Scholes

John Scholes
Scholes in 2011
Born(1948-04-24)24 April 1948
England
Died18 February 2019(2019-02-18) (aged 70)
EducationBSc; University of Manchester; 1969
Known forAPL
Direct functions
AwardsIverson Award[1]
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsICL
W.S. Atkins Ltd.
European Space Agency
Dyalog Ltd.
Websitedfns.dyalog.com

John Morley Scholes (1948–2019) was a British computer scientist. In his professional career he was devoted to the development of the programming language APL. He was the designer and implementer of direct functions.

  1. ^ "Kenneth E. Iverson Award". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 15 September 2019.