John Wainwright (computer scientist)
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John Wainwright is a computer scientist, born in Australia, who has pioneered the development of pure object-based computer languages. He is the principal architect of two computer languages, ScriptX (1992–1996) and MaxScript (1996).
In 1992, Wainwright sold Apple Computer
his structural framework for an object based, language and virtual machine operating system called Objects in C. He became the lead architect for ScriptX
, a language and media player developed by Kaleida Labs
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After Kaleida Labs closed its doors in 1996, Wainwright went on to serve as the principal architect of MaxScript
, the scripting language of Autodesk 3ds Max. This language has been used in game development as a part of the Maxis Sims animation processing pipeline. Compared to ScriptX, MaxScript has explicit syntax to support 3D animation.
Wainwright is the Chief Technology Officer at Crowd Science, an online advertising technology company he co-founded in 2007 with his nephew, John Martin, and Paul Neto. Crowd Science was funded by Granite Ventures
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In 1992, Wainwright sold Apple Computer
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
his structural framework for an object based, language and virtual machine operating system called Objects in C. He became the lead architect for ScriptX
ScriptX
ScriptX is a multimedia-oriented development environment created in 1990 by Kaleida Labs. Unlike packages such as Macromedia Director, ScriptX is not an authoring tool for creating multimedia titles, although it does come with a built-in authoring tool...
, a language and media player developed by Kaleida Labs
Kaleida Labs
Kaleida Labs was one of several joint ventures between Apple Computer and IBM in a period of alliance between the two companies during the early 1990s. The two computer giants sought to counter the influence of Microsoft and the growing dominance of its Windows operating system...
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After Kaleida Labs closed its doors in 1996, Wainwright went on to serve as the principal architect of MaxScript
Maxscript
MaxScript command processor is an interpreter that implements a subset of the xBase programming language especially conceived to be used inside web pages to provide server side scripting capabilities....
, the scripting language of Autodesk 3ds Max. This language has been used in game development as a part of the Maxis Sims animation processing pipeline. Compared to ScriptX, MaxScript has explicit syntax to support 3D animation.
Wainwright is the Chief Technology Officer at Crowd Science, an online advertising technology company he co-founded in 2007 with his nephew, John Martin, and Paul Neto. Crowd Science was funded by Granite Ventures
Granite Ventures
Granite Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, California. Granite's predecessor H&Q Venture Associates, founded in 1992, was the venture capital investment arm of Hambrecht & Quist, a leading technology oriented investment bank...
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