Iverson was born and raised in Canada. He developed a new notation for operations on numeric arrays, and IBM created an interpreter to execute expressions in Iverson's notation. He joined IBM and in 1962 published a description of his notation in A Programming Language, i.e. APL. This language challenges conventional algebraic syntax but is compact, simple and easy to learn. Dr. Iverson is presently with I.P. Sharp Associates in Toronto. In 1970 Iverson was named an IBM Fellow, and won the Turing Award in 1980. PhD, Harvard University, 1954. Asst. Prof. of Applied Mathematics, 1955-1960. Author, A Programming Language (NY: John Wiley & Sons).
Sources: Best's Review, May '90
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