Alain Colmerauer
Alain Colmerauer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 January 1941 Carcassonne, France |
| Died | 12 May 2017 (aged 76) Marseille, France |
| Known for | Prolog |
| Spouse | Colette Coursaget |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Precedences, analyse syntaxique et langages de programmation (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Louis Bolliet, Jean Kuntzman |
Alain Colmerauer (24 January 1941 – 12 May 2017) was a French computer scientist. He was a professor at Aix-Marseille University, and the creator of the logic programming language Prolog.