Richard Gabriel

mailto:rpg@dreamsongs.com

Dick is plugging away at objects one way or another and writing a poem a day since 2000. He is also well known as...

Founder of LucidInc
LispLanguage and CLOS Wizard (CommonLispObjectSystem)
RockMusic?ian
Former important guy at ParcPlace
Former JournalOfObjectOrientedProgramming (RIP) columnist
HillsideGroup's Poet Laureate and current President
ComputerScientist at SunMicrosystems
Poet (See ThePoetryOfProgramming)

He is also the author of Five books:

Drive On, a poetry chapbook
Innovation Happens Elsewhere, with Ron Goldman
PatternsOfSoftware
WritersWorkshopsBook
Performance and Evaluation of Lisp Systems

And, of course, author of "WorseIsBetter," the ubiquitously cited paper that explains why inferior technologies often win out.

He's currently working on TheFeyerabendProject. He has a poet friend named Linda Elkin.

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