Peter Landin: a computer scientist who inspired a generation, 5th June 1930 - 3rd June 2009

Higher-order programming languages (i.e., languages in which procedures or labels can occur as values) are usually defined by interpreters that are themselves written in a programming language based on the lambda calculus (i.e., an applicative language ...

Higher-order programming languages (i.e., languages in which procedures or labels can occur as values) are usually defined by interpreters which are themselves written in a programming language based on the lambda calculus (i.e., an applicative language ...

This is the obituary of Peter John Landin, academic and gay campaigner: born 5th June 1930; an obituary 3rd June 2009. He was an outstanding thinker who set the direction of computer science for his generation. In an astonishing burst of creativity in ...