Anthony James Barr

Anthony James Barr
Barr with statue of Benjamin Franklin on the Barr Systems campus in Gainesville, Florida
Born (1940-09-24) September 24, 1940
New York
NationalityAmerican
Other namesTony Barr, Jim Barr
Alma materNorth Carolina State University
Occupation(s)Programming language designer, Software engineer, Inventor

Anthony James Barr (born September 24, 1940), aka Tony Barr or Jim Barr, is an American programming language designer, software engineer and inventor. He is best known for developing the SAS software suite and for co-founding SAS Institute. SAS software is used for data management, analytics and artificial intelligence. Among his other notable contributions are techniques for automated lumber yield optimization and the Automated Classification of Medical Entities (ACME).

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