Computer Scientist: Peter Landin

Nov 15, 2012, 17:20 IST

Peter Landin was one of the first to realize that the lambda calculus could be used to model a programming language, an insight that is essential to development of both functional programming and denotational semantics.

Name of the Scientist: Peter Landin

 

Category of Research:  Computer Scientist

 

Born: 1930

 

About him: He was one of the first to realize that the lambda calculus could be used to model a programming language, an insight that is essential to development of both functional programming and denotational semantics.

 

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