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'''Kent M. Pitman''' is the President of [http://www.hypermeta.com HyperMeta, Inc.] and has been involved for many years in the design, implementation and use of [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]] and [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] systems. He is often better known by his initials KMP. |
'''Kent M. Pitman''' is the President of [http://www.hypermeta.com HyperMeta, Inc.] and has been involved for many years in the design, implementation and use of [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]] and [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] systems. He is often better known by his initials KMP. |
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Kent Pitman is the author of the [[Common Lisp#Other types|Common Lisp]] [[Exception handling#Condition systems|Condition System]] |
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<ref>[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/clm/node312.html Guy L. Steele Jr., ''Common Lisp: the Language'', 2nd ed., Chapter 29]</ref> |
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as well as of numerous papers on [[Lisp]] programming and [[computer programming]] in general. |
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He was a technical contributor to [[X3J13]], the [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] subcommittee that standardized [[Common Lisp]] and contributed to the design of the programming language. He prepared the document that became ANSI [[Common Lisp]], the [http://www.lisp.org/HyperSpec/FrontMatter/index.html Common Lisp HyperSpec] (a hypertext conversion of the standard), and the document that became [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] [[ISLISP]]. Kent champions a new paradigm for standards called [http://www.substandards.org Substandards]; as a background task, he's working on a prototype, but because of his busy work schedule he has not yet deployed it. |
He was a technical contributor to [[X3J13]], the [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] subcommittee that standardized [[Common Lisp]] and contributed to the design of the programming language. He prepared the document that became ANSI [[Common Lisp]], the [http://www.lisp.org/HyperSpec/FrontMatter/index.html Common Lisp HyperSpec] (a hypertext conversion of the standard), and the document that became [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] [[ISLISP]]. Kent champions a new paradigm for standards called [http://www.substandards.org Substandards]; as a background task, he's working on a prototype, but because of his busy work schedule he has not yet deployed it. |
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He can often be found on the [[Usenet]] [[newsgroup]] <tt>comp.lang.lisp</tt>. Many people{{Fact|date=July 2007}} value his contributions there because of his authoritative perspective on Common Lisp standardization, though some{{Fact|date=July 2007}} accuse him of opposition to [[open-source software]], including open source implementations of Lisp and [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]. |
He can often be found on the [[Usenet]] [[newsgroup]] <tt>comp.lang.lisp</tt>. Many people{{Fact|date=July 2007}} value his contributions there because of his authoritative perspective on Common Lisp standardization, though some{{Fact|date=July 2007}} accuse him of opposition to [[open-source software]], including open source implementations of Lisp and [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]. |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 02:45, 4 January 2008
Kent M. Pitman is the President of HyperMeta, Inc. and has been involved for many years in the design, implementation and use of Lisp and Scheme systems. He is often better known by his initials KMP.
Kent Pitman is the author of the Common Lisp Condition System [1] as well as of numerous papers on Lisp programming and computer programming in general.
He was a technical contributor to X3J13, the ANSI subcommittee that standardized Common Lisp and contributed to the design of the programming language. He prepared the document that became ANSI Common Lisp, the Common Lisp HyperSpec (a hypertext conversion of the standard), and the document that became ISO ISLISP. Kent champions a new paradigm for standards called Substandards; as a background task, he's working on a prototype, but because of his busy work schedule he has not yet deployed it.
Kent Pitman is also the author of Another Way Out a parody of the CBS Daytime series The Young and the Restless.
He can often be found on the Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.lisp. Many people[citation needed] value his contributions there because of his authoritative perspective on Common Lisp standardization, though some[citation needed] accuse him of opposition to open-source software, including open source implementations of Lisp and Scheme.