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Hamish Dewar

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Hamish Dewar (September 19, 1937, in Dumfries - April 9, 2024, in Edinburgh) was a lecturer and a researcher at the University of Edinburgh.[1][2] He is credited with creating the first known Quine program written in Atlas Autocode at Edinburgh in the 1960s.[citation needed] He is also credited with creating the Edinburgh Compatible Context Editor and the Edinburgh IMP around the same time.[3][4]

References

  1. "Quines on Valentine's - Breakfast Bytes - Cadence Blogs - Cadence Community". community.cadence.com. February 14, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  2. "Hamish DEWAR Obituary (2024) - Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh - The Scotsman". Legacy.com. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  3. "Edinburgh Compatible Context Editor". SourceForge. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  4. "Computer Science 2, IMP9 Systems, Operation of Compiler". history.dcs.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved January 23, 2025.



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