Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.
<person> (GLS) A software engineer whose most notable contributions to the art of computing include the design of
Scheme (in cooperation with
Gerald Sussman) and the design of the original command set of
Emacs.
He is also known for his contribution to the
Jargon File and for being the first to port
TeX (from
WAITS to
ITS).
He wrote the book "Common Lisp", which virtually defines the language.
He was working at
Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1996 to the present (June 2001).
