Peter Landin
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Peter Landin was a pioneering British computer scientist whose work on programming language theory and functional programming profoundly influenced the design of modern languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Landin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5923100 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Landin Context triple: [ISWIM, designer, Peter Landin]
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A.
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
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B.
Henny Backus
Henny Backus was an American actress and author, best known for her work on stage and screen and for co-writing humorous books with her husband, actor Jim Backus.
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C.
Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
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D.
Robin Milner
Robin Milner was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his foundational work in programming language theory, type systems, and process calculi, including the development of ML and the π-calculus.
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E.
Peter Naur
Peter Naur was a Danish computer scientist and Turing Award laureate best known for his pioneering contributions to programming language design and the development of ALGOL 60.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Landin Target entity description: Peter Landin was a pioneering British computer scientist whose work on programming language theory and functional programming profoundly influenced the design of modern languages.
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A.
John Backus
John Backus was an American computer scientist best known for leading the development of the Fortran programming language and contributing foundational work to programming language design and formal notation.
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B.
Henny Backus
Henny Backus was an American actress and author, best known for her work on stage and screen and for co-writing humorous books with her husband, actor Jim Backus.
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C.
Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
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D.
Robin Milner
Robin Milner was a pioneering British computer scientist known for his foundational work in programming language theory, type systems, and process calculi, including the development of ML and the π-calculus.
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E.
Peter Naur
Peter Naur was a Danish computer scientist and Turing Award laureate best known for his pioneering contributions to programming language design and the development of ALGOL 60.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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computer scientist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1930-06-05 ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
early functional programming concepts
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formal semantics of programming languages ⓘ use of lambda calculus in programming ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2009-06-03 ⓘ |
| developed |
ISWIM (If You See What I Mean)
NERFINISHED
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SECD machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
International Computers and Tabulators
NERFINISHED
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London School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ UNIVAC NERFINISHED ⓘ University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century computer science ⓘ |
| familyName | Landin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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functional programming ⓘ programming language theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| influenced |
Haskell (programming language)
NERFINISHED
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ML (programming language) NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheme (programming language) NERFINISHED ⓘ denotational semantics ⓘ functional programming languages ⓘ programming language design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alonzo Church
NERFINISHED
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lambda calculus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ISWIM programming language design
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Lambda calculus in programming language design ⓘ SECD machine NERFINISHED ⓘ denotational approaches to programming languages ⓘ the J operator NERFINISHED ⓘ the article "The Next 700 Programming Languages" NERFINISHED ⓘ the concept of continuations in programming ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Peter Landin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"A Correspondence between ALGOL 60 and Church’s Lambda-notation"
NERFINISHED
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"The Mechanical Evaluation of Expressions" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Next 700 Programming Languages" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld | professor of theoretical computation ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Peter Landin Description of subject: Peter Landin was a pioneering British computer scientist whose work on programming language theory and functional programming profoundly influenced the design of modern languages.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.