About Charles Katz
Lived 1927 – 1974 (aged 46–47). Charles Katz was an American engineer and computer scientist, known for A-0 System, ALGOL 58 and ALGOL 60.
Charles Abraham Katz (July 7, 1927 – May 9, 1974) was an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his contributions to early compiler development in the 1950s.
Katz received two degrees in mathematics, a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at Temple University in 1950, and a Master of Science (M.S.) at the University of Pennsylvania in 1953. He then went to work at Remington Rand, in the UNIVAC division, with Grace Hopper to develop compilers for her A-0 system UNIVAC programming languages starting with A-2, followed by MATH-MATIC and FLOW-MATIC. He then went on to General Electric, Burroughs Corporation, and Xerox. which specified, supports, and maintains the languages ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68.
Katz died in Rockville, Maryland on May 9, 1974, at the age of 46.
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American computer programmer
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Charles Katz was born in 1927 in Philadelphia.
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Charles Katz died in 1974 in Philadelphia.
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Charles Katz was an engineer and computer scientist.
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Charles Katz was known for A-0 System, ALGOL 58 and ALGOL 60.
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