Programming pioneer dies

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 3, 2007 6:13 AM EDT
Reg Developer; By Phil Manchester
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Second acts are rare in the computer industry but Jean Ichbiah, who died this week, managed it. Not only did he revolutionise software development for military computer systems with the Ada programming language, but he also devised a widely-used fast text-entry system for handheld computers.

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