Ian Lance Taylor

American programmer, member of the Go language team at Google, previously worked at Cygnus Solutions, where he made significant contributions to the GNU project
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Ian Lance Taylor is a United States citizen who works as a software engineer, programmer, and entrepreneur. He has a sibling named Signe Taylor[1]. Throughout his career, he has been employed by Google until 2025, Zembu Labs, Inc. from 1998 to 2002, and Cygnus Solutions[2][3]. He is also a participant in the free software movement[4][5].

Taylor is a member of the GNU Project[5] and has held significant maintainer roles within the free software community. He served as the maintainer for Binutils from 1996 to 1999[4]. Additionally, he has been the maintainer of GNU/Taylor UUCP since 1991[4].

Ian Lance Taylor

Summary

Ian Lance Taylor is a human[1]. He worked as a software engineer[2] and programmer[3].

Key Facts

  • Ian Lance Taylor held citizenship in United States[4].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's professions included software engineer[2].
  • Ian Lance Taylor worked as a programmer[3].
  • Ian Lance Taylor held the position of GNU/Taylor UUCP maintainer[5].
  • Among Ian Lance Taylor's employers was Cygnus Solutions[6].
  • A notable work attributed to Ian Lance Taylor is GNU/Taylor UUCP[7].
  • Ian Lance Taylor was a member of GNU Project[8].
  • Ian Lance Taylor is recorded as male[9].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's movement is recorded as free software movement[11].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 117420284[12].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA13208911[13].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's residence is recorded as Cambridge[14].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's residence is recorded as Berkeley[15].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's family name is recorded as Taylor[16].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's given name is recorded as Ian[17].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's given name is recorded as Lance[18].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's official website is recorded as https://www.airs.com/ian/index.html[19].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 99659645189[20].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[21].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's official blog URL is recorded as https://www.airs.com/blog/[22].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's GitHub account is recorded as ianlancetaylor[23].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's interested in is recorded as Go[24].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's Goodreads author ID is recorded as 431858[25].
  • Ian Lance Taylor's sibling is recorded as Signe Taylor[26].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include software engineer[2] and programmer[3]. Among Ian Lance Taylor's employers was Cygnus Solutions[6]. He held the position of GNU/Taylor UUCP maintainer[5].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to Ian Lance Taylor is GNU/Taylor UUCP[7].

FAQs

What did Ian Lance Taylor do for work?

Ian Lance Taylor worked as software engineer[2] and programmer[3].

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  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . GNU's Who. Retrieved . airs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . GNU's Who. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . airs.com. Retrieved . airs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . airs.com. Retrieved . airs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . airs.com. Retrieved . airs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . airs.com. Retrieved . airs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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