Richard P. Gabriel

Richard P. Gabriel
Richard P. Gabriel
Born	October 31, 1949 (age 74); Merrimac, Massachusetts, United States
Education	B.A., Northeastern University, 1972; Graduate studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973; M.S., University of Illinois, 1975; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1981; M.F.A., Warren Wilson College, 1998;
Known for	Common Lisp; Worse is Better; Maclisp; League for Programming Freedom; Lucid Inc.; XEmacs;
Spouses	Kathy; Lynne; Jo;
Children	2
Awards	Association for Computing Machinery Fellows Award, 1998; ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award, 2004;
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science; Programming;
Institutions	Stanford University; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Lucid Inc.; ParcPlace-Digitalk; Sun Microsystems IBM;
Academic advisors	PhD: David Waltz; Terry Winograd;
Website	dreamsongs.com

Richard P. Gabriel (born 1949) is an American computer scientist known for his work in computing related to the programming language Lisp, and especially Common Lisp. His best known work was a 1990 essay "Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big", which introduced the phrase Worse is Better,^[1] and his set of benchmarks for Lisp, termed Gabriel Benchmarks, published in 1985 as Performance and evaluation of Lisp systems. These became a standard way to benchmark Lisp implementations.

^ Gabriel, Richard P. "Worse is Better". Dreamsongs. Retrieved 2019-03-24.

[1] Gabriel, Richard P. "Worse is Better". Dreamsongs. Retrieved 2019-03-24.

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Richard P. Gabriel
Born	(1949-10-31) October 31, 1949 (age 74) Merrimac, Massachusetts, United States
Education	B.A., Northeastern University, 1972 Graduate studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973 M.S., University of Illinois, 1975 Ph.D., Stanford University, 1981 M.F.A., Warren Wilson College, 1998
Known for	Common Lisp Worse is Better Maclisp League for Programming Freedom Lucid Inc. XEmacs
Spouses	Kathy Lynne Jo
Children	2
Awards	Association for Computing Machinery Fellows Award, 1998 ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award, 2004
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science Programming
Institutions	Stanford University Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lucid Inc. ParcPlace-Digitalk Sun Microsystems IBM
Academic advisors	PhD: David Waltz Terry Winograd

Website	dreamsongs.com