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“Lisp ... made me aware that software could be close to executable mathematics.”

Quote by L Peter Deutsch

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L Peter Deutsch

L Peter Deutsch is an entrepreneur born on August 7, 1946. He has had a profound impact on the fields of computer science and software engineering, particularly in the development of programming languages and software tools. more

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