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Jon Paris

Jon Paris is credited on 187 releases across 51 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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187

Pressings credited

51

Albums

6

Decades active

79

In collections

Biography

Jon Paris is a Canadian computer scientist, author, and speaker recognized as one of the top experts on the IBM i platform. In 1987, Paris, then an experienced consultant, was hired by IBM to develop COBOL compilers for the System/36 and System/38 minicomputers. From there, he transitioned into the RPG group, where he played a pivotal role in the development of the modern RPG language as well as other language and development tools, including CODE/400 and Visual Age for RPG. He has also been instrumental in the porting of Python, Ruby, and other languages to the IBM i platform, as well as being a leader in pushing the adoption of completely free RPG. He is also an advocate for PHP on i.

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Credited work

187 releases · 51 albums · active 1979–2020

  • Performance · 227
  • Other credits · 62

Studios: Cherokee Studios · Delta Recording Studios · The Church, London · Sound City Studios

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