About Terence Parr
Born 1964. Terence Parr is an American computer scientist and engineer.
Terence John Parr (born 1964 in Los Angeles) is a professor of computer science at the University of San Francisco. He is best known for his ANTLR parser generator and contributions to parsing theory. He also developed the StringTemplate engine for Java and other programming languages.
Education Parr holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a Master's degree in Engineering, and a PhD in Computer Engineering from Purdue University. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (also known as AHPCRC), located in the University of Minnesota.
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American computer scientist
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Terence Parr was born on 17 August 1964 in Los Angeles.
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Terence Parr is a computer scientist and engineer.
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