John Hughes (computer scientist)
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R. John M. Hughes is a computer scientist
who does research in the field of programming languages and the author of several influential research papers on the subject, including "Why Functional Programming Matters". He is a professor in the department of Computing Science at the Chalmers University of Technology
. Hughes is a member of the Functional Programming group at Chalmers, and much of his research relates to the Haskell programming language.
He is also one of the developers of QuickCheck
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Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
who does research in the field of programming languages and the author of several influential research papers on the subject, including "Why Functional Programming Matters". He is a professor in the department of Computing Science at the Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...
. Hughes is a member of the Functional Programming group at Chalmers, and much of his research relates to the Haskell programming language.
He is also one of the developers of QuickCheck
QuickCheck
QuickCheck is a combinator library written in Haskell, designed to assist in software testing by generating test cases for test suites. It is compatible with the GHC compiler and the Hugs interpreter....
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