Richard Merrill
American computer scientist
Richard Merrill was a Digital Equipment Corporation employee who invented the FOCAL programming language and programmed the first two interpreters for the language in 1968 and 1969, for the PDP-8. He also developed later versions of the interpreter for the PDP-7 and PDP-9, later ported it to the PDP-11.2
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About
Merrill also designed and programmed the EDIT-8 text editor (using paper-tape).
Rick Merrill is an alumnus of Episcopal High School, a preparatory school in Alexandria, VA and of M.I.T BS'63 MS'65 and Clark University MBA'85
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Companies
- Woodcraft SupplyFounder7
Career
Occupation: engineer, computer scientist.5
- Date not recordedWorked at Digital Equipment Corporation3
- Date not recordedFounded Woodcraft Supply4
Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States6
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- 1WikidataRichard Merrill on Wikidata
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- 7WikidataWoodcraft Supply, Founder