Patrick Collison, an untrained 16–year–old schoolboy from Limerick, has developed a powerful new programming language for Web and general applications using a PowerBook G4 running Mac OS X. His achievement led to him being crowned Irish Young Scientist of the Year in 2005 and helped him beat off over a hundred entrants to take second place in the European Union Young Scientist of the Year Awards, which took place in Moscow late last year.
Limerick boy was a ginger twat
with CROMA LISP attention he caught
but it wasn't released
the uproar quickly ceased I put on my robe and wizard hat.
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Anonymous2008-10-18 15:55
GINGER ALERT
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Anonymous2008-10-18 15:56
Macs are very much in the dominant position when it comes to development work and it’s not hard to see why. From every point of view, they are the best platform available. The smart developers are using Macs.
— Patrick Collison
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Anonymous2008-10-18 15:58
Taking List Processor (LISP) as his first inspiration, Patrick incorporated ideas and elements from other languages to create Croma. Running Mac OS X v10.3 Panther at the time, his PowerBook was crucial for the development of the new language, not least because of the development tools it enabled him to access at no further expense.
He is the new sussman. The chosen one.
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Anonymous2008-10-18 20:10
A limey high schooler made CROMA
In hopes the cash would replace a diploma
But the LISP never came
So after losing his fame
He's back to beating off all alone-a