John W. Eaton

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John W. Eaton is an American computer scientist best known as the original author and lead developer of the GNU Octave numerical computation software.

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instanceOf American person
computer scientist
software developer
advocates free software principles
open-source software
almaMater University of Wisconsin–Madison
associatedWith Free Software Foundation
GNU Project
citizenship United States of America
contributedTo open-source software
countryOfWork United States of America
developedFor numerical computations
scientific computing
developedSoftwareType MATLAB-compatible environment
numerical computation software
educatedIn applied mathematics
chemical engineering
employer University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Texas at Austin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
fieldOfWork computer science
numerical analysis
scientific computing
givenName John
hasAcademicSpecialization numerical methods for differential equations
scientific software development
hasRole core maintainer of GNU Octave
project leader of GNU Octave
hasWebsite https://octave.org
inspiredBy MATLAB
surface form: MATLAB (software)
knownFor being the lead developer of GNU Octave
being the original author of GNU Octave
languageOfWorkOrName English
name John W. Eaton self-link
notableAchievement creating a free software alternative to MATLAB
notableWork GNU Octave
occupation computer scientist
professor
programmingLanguageDeveloped GNU Octave
roleInProject maintainer of GNU Octave
softwareDeveloped GNU Octave
softwareLicenseAdvocated free software

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