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Jon Paris
American computer scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jon Paris is a Canadian computer scientist, author, and speaker recognized as one of the top experts on the IBM i platform.[1] In 1987, Jon, then an experienced consultant, was hired by IBM to develop COBOL compilers for the System/36 and System/38 minicomputers.[2] From there, he transitioned into the RPG group, where he played a pivotal role in the development of the modern RPG language as well as other language and development tools, including CODE/400 and Visual Age for RPG. He has also been instrumental in the porting of Python,[3] Ruby, and other languages to the IBM i platform, as well as being a leader in pushing the adoption of completely free RPG.[4] He is also an advocate for PHP on i.[5]
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Personal life
Paris is married to Susan Gantner.[6]
Awards
In 2011, Paris was named Power Systems Champion.[7]
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