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Kenneth E. Iverson

1920 - 2004

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Kenneth Eugene Iverson (17 December 1920 – 19 October 2004) was a Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the programming language APL. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth E. Iverson has received more than 265,470 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Kenneth E. Iverson is the 116th most popular computer scientist (down from 109th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Canada (up from 344th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 116 out of 245. Before him are Robert Taylor, David A. Huffman, Liu Gang, Rasmus Lerdorf, Scott Fahlman, and Peter Norton. After him are Kateryna Yushchenko, Lynn Conway, Shafi Goldwasser, Robert Fano, Bram Moolenaar, and Robert C. Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 296. Before him are Chabuca Granda, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Jacques Noël, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Godfrey Binaisa, and Vincent Gardenia. After him are Mustafa Khalil, I. A. L. Diamond, George London, Fyodor Abramov, William Tenn, and Maxi Herber. Among people deceased in 2004, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 209. Before him are Carlo Di Palma, Eugenio Garin, Luis E. Miramontes, Jacques Noël, Ancel Keys, and Terry Melcher. After him are Mahmut Atalay, Gunder Hägg, Skeeter Davis, O. W. Fischer, Madeleine Robinson, and Gloria E. Anzaldúa.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 327 out of 1,622. Before him are John Abbott (1821), Yassine Bounou (1991), Pom Klementieff (1986), Seth Rogen (1982), Nancy Huston (1953), and Percy Williams (1908). After him are Steven Erikson (1959), David Suzuki (1936), Susan Clark (1943), Mary Harron (1953), Rick Danko (1943), and Carole Laure (1948).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Kenneth E. Iverson ranks 5. Before him are James Gosling (1955), Brian Kernighan (1942), Alfred Aho (1941), and John Draper (1943). After him are Rob Pike (1956), Gilles Brassard (1955), and Maria Klawe (1951).

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