[OS X TeX] Lamport wins Turing Prize

[Gary L. Gray]

On Apr 18, 2014, at 3:20 PM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:

> I thought that those who don't know it already might enjoy learning that Leslie Lamport, the original author of LaTeX, has won the Turing Prize. He didn't win it for LaTeX, of course (though he would have if I were the judge!), but Microsoft does  mention it in their press release about the prize.

Here is ACM's page on his award:

http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/lamport_1205376.cfm

Gary