Willem Louis Van Der Poel

Dutch computer scientist and computer designer (1926)

• Testudo (Latin for 'tortoise', because of its (lack of) speed), 1949
• Zebra (Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat, or Very Simple Binary Calculating Automaton), 1952
• Credited with first use of LastInFirstOut stack for subroutines in
  • http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/20030302_Push_and_pop_first_used_when
• Credited with the ZeroOneInfinityRule by DougMerritt - Doug, can you confirm this?
  • After some research, including talking to a former student of his, I then asked van der Poel directly, and he confirmed that he was the originator. -- Doug

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