L. Peter Deutsch

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L. Peter Deutsch is a computer scientist and software developer best known for creating the Ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files.

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instanceOf computer scientist
programmer
software developer
birthName Laurence Peter Deutsch NERFINISHED
coauthored papers on Smalltalk implementation
contributedTo Smalltalk-80 implementation
designed Deutsch–Schorr–Waite garbage collection algorithm NERFINISHED
developed Ghostscript NERFINISHED
an interpreter for PDF files
an interpreter for the PostScript language
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
employer Xerox Palo Alto Research Center NERFINISHED
familyName Deutsch NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computer science
document processing
garbage collection algorithms
interpreters
programming languages
software engineering
founded Aladdin Enterprises NERFINISHED
Artifex Software, Inc. NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName L. Peter NERFINISHED
influenced open-source printing and imaging software
influencedBy work at Xerox PARC
knownFor Deutsch–Schorr–Waite garbage collection algorithm NERFINISHED
Ghostscript NERFINISHED
PDF interpreter implementation
PostScript interpreter implementation
licenseModel dual licensing for Ghostscript
memberOf Association for Computing Machinery NERFINISHED
name L. Peter Deutsch NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableAchievement created a widely used open-source PostScript and PDF interpreter
notableWork Ghostscript NERFINISHED
PostScript and PDF interpreter
occupation computer scientist
entrepreneur
software engineer
programmingLanguage C
PostScript NERFINISHED
Smalltalk NERFINISHED
publishedIn Communications of the ACM NERFINISHED
workedOn Smalltalk implementation at Xerox PARC NERFINISHED

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Ghostscript originalDeveloper L. Peter Deutsch