M. Douglas McIlroy

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/M._Douglas_McIlroy
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:award gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Pioneer_Award
gptkb:USENIX_Lifetime_Achievement_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-01-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:contribution advocated software modularity
invented Unix pipeline
contributed to Unix utilities such as sort, join, tr, comm, and uniq
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Feller
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Brian_Kernighan
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Bell_System_Technical_Journal
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
computer science
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Malcolm_Douglas_McIlroy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M. Douglas McIlroy
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Unix
gptkb:Unix_pipelines
macro processing
software componentry
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_McIlroy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CORFU_(distributed_shared_log)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6