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Robert Lafore

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American computer scientist

Robert W. Lafore (born March 11, 1938) is acomputer programmer,systems analyst andentrepreneur. He coined the term "interactive fiction",[1] and was an early software developer in this field.[2]

Career

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Lafore worked as a systems analyst for theLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In the early days ofmicrocomputing, he wrote programs inBASIC for theTRS-80[3] and founded his ownsoftware company.

Lafore has written a number of textadventure games, for which he coined the term "interactive fiction", for the companyAdventure International.[4]

Lafore has authored a number of books on the subject of computer programming, includingSoul of CP/M.,[5][6] andAssembly Language Primer for the IBM PC and XT.[7][8] Later books includedC++ Interactive Course,Object-Oriented Programming in C++,[9][10]Turbo C Programming for the IBM,[11] andC Programming Using Turbo C++.[12] At one time he was an editor for the Waite Group publishers.[5]

References

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  1. ^Nick Montfort (2005).Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press. pp. 7–.ISBN 978-0-262-63318-5.
  2. ^Dale Peterson (July 1983).Genesis II, creation and recreation with computers. Reston Pub. Co. p. 196.ISBN 978-0-8359-2434-4.
  3. ^Michael J. Tresca (16 November 2010).The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games. McFarland. pp. 100–.ISBN 978-0-7864-6009-0.
  4. ^Neal Roger Tringham (10 September 2014).Science Fiction Video Games. CRC Press. pp. 483–.ISBN 978-1-4822-0389-9.
  5. ^abBook review ofSoul of CP/M by David Carroll. inDr. Dobb's Journal for Users of Small Computer Systems. People's Computer Company. 1984.
  6. ^InCider. Vol. 2. W. Green. 1984. p. 139.
  7. ^Ziff Davis, Inc. (11 March 1986)."PC Mag".PC Magazine: The Independent Guide to IBM-Standard Personal Computing. Ziff Davis, Inc.: 23–.ISSN 0888-8507.
  8. ^Byte. McGraw-Hill. 1986. p. 297.
  9. ^Tim Wegner; Bert Tyler; Mark Peterson; Pieter Branderhorst (1 October 1992).Fractals for Windows. Waite Group Press. p. 360.ISBN 978-1-878739-25-4.
  10. ^The New York Times Book Review. New York Times Company. June 1995. p. 35.
  11. ^Computer Book Review. CBR Publications. 1988. pp. 6–15.
  12. ^WorldCat report for Robert Lafore

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