Joe Armstrong (programmer)
Joseph Leslie Armstrong (27 December 1950 – 20 April 2019) was a computer scientist working in the area of fault-tolerant distributed systems. He is best known as one of the co-designers of the Erlang programming language.
Joe Armstrong | |
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Armstrong in 2009 | |
| Born | 27 December 1950 Bournemouth, England, UK |
| Died | 20 April 2019 (aged 68) |
| Alma mater | University College London, UK; Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Computer programmer, professor, author |
| Known for | Creating the Erlang programming language |
| Spouse | Helen Taylor |
| Children | Thomas Armstrong, Claire Armstrong |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Ericsson Computer Science Lab KTH |
| Website | joearms |
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