Pierre-Arnoul de Marneffe

{{Short description|Belgian computer scientist}}

Pierre-Arnoul Frédéric Guy Donat de Marneffe (August 19, 1946 – July 9, 2023) was a Belgian computer scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Liège (ULiège). He studied civil engineering (mechanics section) at the Faculté polytechnique de Mons (FPMs) and obtained a PhD in applied sciences at the University of Liège (1976), in addition he obtained a Ph.D. in Computer science at Cambridge University in 1982.

His ideas expressed in Holon Programming inspired Donald Knuth in creating WEB, the first published literate programming environment.

References

  • Pierre-Arnoul de Marneffe, [https://github.com/holon-scribe/holon-programming Holon Programming]. Univ. de Liège, Service d'Informatique (December, 1973).