Bio
John Reppy has been studying issues in language design and
implementation since the late 1980's, with a focus on higher-order,
typed, functional languages.
His work includes the invention of
Concurrent ML (CML),
co-inventor of the Moby programming language, major
contributions to the Standard ML of New Jersey system,
and co-editing of
the Standard ML Basis Library
specification.
His current research focus is on the design and implementation of parallel-programming
languages as part of the Manticore project.
He received his PhD from
Cornell University in 1992 and worked at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
for eleven years.
He is currently a professor at the
University of Chicago.