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Does anyone know the connection between this group and Danny Hillis who created the Connection Machine a few years later (see what I did there)? Presumably they
by le-mark 1y ago
Does anyone know the connection between this group and Danny Hillis who created the Connection Machine a few years later (see what I did there)? Presumably they were all at MIT at about the same time.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporatio...
- EdwardCoffin 1y agoI know that Guy Steele joined Thinking Machines, but after they'd at least designed the CM-1. He talked a little about it in A Conversation with Guy Steele Jr. in the April 2005 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. I don't have a link, but I am sure he has talked about it elsewhere too.
- rjsw 1y agoHe also worked for Tartan Laboratories [1] at one point. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Laboratories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Laboratories
- kkylin 1y agoWell, both Guy Steele and Danny Hillis were doctoral students advised by Gerry Sussman. Whether Hillis worked on the Scheme chip or how much overlap they had, I don't remember, but as you said they were all there around the same time.