Computer science is a restless infant and its progress depe… - Alan Perlis

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Computer science is a restless infant and its progress depends as much on shifts in point of view as on the orderly development of our current concepts.

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Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages, most notably as a member of the team that developed the ALGOL programming language. He was the first recipient of the prestigious ACM Turing Award .

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Native Name: Alan Jay Perlis

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