Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 - February 7, 1990) was a prominent U.S. computer scientist. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the first recipient of the Turing Award, in 1966. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal republic George... Computer science (informally: CS or compsci) is, in its most general sense, the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. ... Pittsburgh skyline as viewed from Mount Washington Pittsburgh is a city in Western Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. ... The A.M. Turing Award is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery to a person selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

In 1943, he received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). During World War II, he served in the US Army, where he became interested in mathematics. At MIT, he earned both a master's degree in mathematics in 1949 and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1950. His dissertation was titled "On Integral Equations, Their Solution by Iteration and Analytic Continuation". 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Multicolored chemicals are frequent hallmarks of chemistry. ... The Carnegie Institute of Technology was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie. ... Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... In mathematics, an integral equation is an equation in which an unknown function appears under an integral sign. ... In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, analytic continuation is a technique to extend the domain of definition of a given analytic function. ...

According to the citation, his Turing Award was for his influence in the area of advanced programming techniques and compiler construction. This is a reference to the work he had done as a member of the team that developed the ALGOL programming language. A diagram of the operation of a typical multi-language compiler. ... ALGOL (short for ALGOrithmic Language) is a programming language originally developed in the mid 1950s which became the de facto standard way to report algorithms in print for almost the next 30 years. ...

He was the first head of the Computer Science Department of Carnegie Mellon University.

Alan Perlis was a professor of Computer Science at Yale University. Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ...

In 1982, he wrote an article, Epigrams on Programming, for ACM's SIGPLAN journal, describing in one-sentence distillations many of the things he had learned about programming over his career. The epigrams have been widely quoted. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Epigrams on Programming is an article by Alan Perlis published in 1982, for ACMs SIGPLAN journal. ... The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the worlds first scientific and educational computing society. ... An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. ...

He is the brother-in-law of David Rothbart

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