(GLS) A software engineer whose most notable
contributions to the art of computing include the design of
Scheme (in cooperation with
Gerald Sussman) and the design
of the original command set of
Emacs. He is also known for
his contribution to the
Jargon File and for being the first
to port
TeX (from
WAITS to
ITS). He wrote the book
"Common Lisp", which virtually defines the language.
He was working at
Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1996 to the
present (June 2001).