User:CSProfBill

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By way of introduction, I am an occasional contributor to Wikipedia but not possessed of sufficient free time to be a heavy contributor. We do what we can.

I am an SFI Professor of computer science at Trinity College, Dublin, with publications on optimizing compilers, programming languages, and software development tools, environments and methodology. I have a background on the history of programming languages, having lived through most of it in my professional capacity. My undergraduate advisor was Joseph Weizenbaum and my graduate thesis advisors were John Reynolds and Alan Robinson. I am also an experienced, long-term set dancer and occasional teacher of Irish dance, and have authored published material on the subject.



enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
USThis user uses American English.
IEThis user uses Irish English.
byThis user does not use the passive voice.
less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.
This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages.
This user fancies Celtic music.
Java-3This user is an advanced Java programmer.
C++This user can program in C++.
C++-0This user does not understand C++ (or does not want to program in C++).
pasThis user can program in Pascal.
forThis user can program in Fortran.
PL/1-3This user is an advanced PL/1 programmer.
asm-5This user is a professional assembly language programmer.