David Parnas

David Lorge Parnas (born February 10, 1941) is a Canadian early pioneer of software engineering, who developed the concept of information hiding in modular programming, which is an important element of object-oriented programming today. He is also noted for his advocacy of precise documentation.

David Parnas
Born (1941-02-10) February 10, 1941
Plattsburgh, New York, United States
Known forInformation hiding, Strategic Defense Initiative activism
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorAlan Perlis
Everard Mott Williams
Doctoral studentsRichard J. Lipton
Steven M. Bellovin
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