Daniel G. Bobrow
Daniel G. Bobrow helped develop Lisp systems used in AI research. His shared work spans BBN-Lisp, Interlisp, and workstation programming environments. Bobrow and D. L. Murphy implemented BBN-Lisp for the PDP-1 at Bolt Beranek and Newman. Earlier work inspired the implementation. Bobrow, Warren Teitelman, and Ronald Kaplan moved from BBN to Xerox PARC. BBN-Lisp became Interlisp, with a goal of supporting multiple computer systems.
- Works
- 267
- Citations
- 15,567
- h-index
- 47
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1990
Research recognition
AAAI elected Daniel G. Bobrow as a Fellow in 1990.
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As of October 2026
An early interactive Lisp
Bobrow and D. L. Murphy implemented BBN-Lisp for the PDP-1 at Bolt Beranek and Newman. Earlier work inspired the implementation.
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As of October 2026
From BBN to Xerox PARC
Bobrow, Warren Teitelman, and Ronald Kaplan moved from BBN to Xerox PARC. BBN-Lisp became Interlisp, with a goal of supporting multiple computer systems.
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As of October 2026
Workstation Lisp systems
Bobrow contributed with Willie Sue Haugeland to Peter Deutsch’s microcoded Interlisp implementation for the Xerox Alto. This work became a basis for Interlisp-D.
Sources and credits
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