L. Peter Deutsch

L Peter Deutsch (born Laurence Peter Deutsch on August 7, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts) is the founder of Aladdin Enterprises and creator of Ghostscript, a free software PostScript and PDF interpreter.

"Aladdin Enterprises" redirects here. Not to be confused with Aladdin Systems or Aladdin Knowledge Systems.
L Peter Deutsch
Born (1946-08-07) August 7, 1946
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Spouse(s)Barbara J. Grosz (divorced), James R. Hughson (deceased), Michael J. Golub

Deutsch's other work includes the Smalltalk implementation that inspired Java just-in-time compilation technology about 15 years later.

Some stories about him are included in the book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution.

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