As an Assistant Professor at
Harvard University, Kenneth E. Iverson developed a mathematical notation for manipulating arrays that he taught to his students. In
1962, he began work for
IBM and created the
APL programming language based on the notation he had developed. In
1979, he won the
Turing Award for his contributions to mathematical notation and programming language theory.
- Short Biography (http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=178)