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Luca Cardelli

Italian computer scientist · Italy · On the map · Scientists · Born 1954 · age 72

Luca Andrea Cardelli is an Italian computer scientist who is a research professor at the University of Oxford, UK. Cardelli is well known for his research in type theory and operational semantics.

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2015Programming Languages Achievement AwardAward2012Tulip Award in DNA ComputingAward2007Dahl-Nygaard PrizeAward2004ACM FellowAward1954Born

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Programming Languages Achievement Award2015
Tulip Award in DNA Computing2012
Dahl-Nygaard Prize2007
ACM Fellow2004
Fellow of the Royal Society

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Among other contributions, in programming languages, he helped design the language Modula-3, implemented the first compiler for the (non-pure) functional language ML, defined the concept of typeful programming, and helped develop the experimental language Polyphonic C#.

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Italy
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Scientists
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Born 1954 · age 72

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