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.