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| − | Ralph Johnson is on the | + | Ralph Johnson is one of the [[Gang of Four]] who co-authored the Design Patterns book. |
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| + | Ralph Johnson was also one of the original members of the [[Hillside Group]]. He is on the [[PatternsList]] of [[InvitedAuthors]] whom [[Ward Cunningham]] first asked to contribute to [[WikiWikiWeb]] because they were interested in [[PatternLanguage]]. It seems moreover that Ralph Johnson may have ''created'' the mailing list that was used as the [[PatternsList]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | Ralph E. Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is co- | + | Ralph E. Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was an early pioneer in the Smalltalk community and is a continued supporter of the language. |
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| + | Ralph Johnson is one of the [[Gang of Four]] (GoF) that co-authored the influential Computer science textbook, Design Patterns. | ||
| − | + | He has held several executive roles at the ACM Object-Oriented Programing, Systems, Languages and Applications ([[OOPSLA]]) conference, and attends every year. He initiated the popular [[OOPSLA]] Design Fest workshop. | |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
