Dave Voorhis

The pursuit of complexity is easy [...] but the pursuit of simplicity is one of the most difficult and challenging activities of the human mind.

 -- C.A.R. Hoare (http://www.oberon2005.ru/classics/th1975.pdf)

Dave's Law of Computational Inevitability: For every hard limit n, there exists at least one valid requirement for n + 1.

DaveVoorhis...

...is proud to be JustaProgrammer with over thirty years experience developing SystemsSoftware, games and business applications in BasicLanguage, AssemblyLanguage, TSO CLIST, PL/I, OS/360 JCL, ExBase, PascalLanguage, ForthLanguage, CeeLanguage, CeePlusPlus, AplLanguage, StatisticalAnalysisSystem, SqlLanguage, DelphiLanguage, PhpLanguage, JavaLanguage, JavaScript, TutorialDee and CeeSharp for AppleIi, MVS/TSO, DEC VAX/VMS, MsDos, UnixOperatingSystems, and MicrosoftWindows.
...knows that programming is -- at its best -- a beautiful and skilled craft, composed of equal parts mathematics, science, technology and art.
...believes the RelationalModel and ObjectOrientedProgramming are complementary, not contradictory.
...is the maintainer of the RelProject. Rel is a RelationalLanguage; the first to implement TutorialDee including DateAndDarwensTypeSystem.
...created an experimental GraphicalProgrammingLanguage on the JavaLanguage platform called Tomato. See http://tomatoide.sourceforge.net/
...was a founding partner of Armchair Airlines Computer Services Inc. (http://www.armchair.mb.ca/), a small but successful Canadian computer consultancy specialising in bespoke (custom) software.
...lectures on database systems, programming languages, distributed computing, Web development, and assorted other technical subjects at the University of Derby (http://www.derby.ac.uk) where he leads the undergraduate Computer Science scheme and is the BSc. (Hons) Information Technology programme leader.
...is (sloooowly) working on a PhD in distributed systems. In particular, DaveVoorhis seeks to facilitate automated dynamic optimisation of mobile code and data location by applying abstractions like the RelationalModel and ExtendedSetTheory to computer networks.
...wrote and maintains the SharkBot.
- ... ThankYou Dave ...
  - And ThankYou for supporting my efforts!
...was born in the UnitedStates, grew up in Canada, and lives in England.
...can be reached via email. Either will work:
- d dot voorhis at derby dot ac dot uk
- voorhis at armchair dot mb dot ca

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