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3 unusual facts about Lambert Meertens


Algebraic data type

(For more information on nested data types, see the works of Richard Bird, Lambert Meertens and Ross Paterson.

Lambert Meertens

In the 1960s, Meertens applied affix grammars to the description and composition of music, and obtained a special prize from the jury at the 1968 IFIP Congress in Edinburgh for his computer-generated string quartet, "Quartet No. 1 in C Major for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello" based on the first non-context-free affix grammar.

Meertens number

It was "given" to Lambert Meertens by Richard S. Bird as a present during the celebration of his 25 years at the CWI, Amsterdam.



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