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Also known as William Nelson Joy, William N. Joy

American computer scientist

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Bill Joy is an author recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His notable works include The Java language specification, Future Doesn't Need Us, and Why the Future Doesn't Need Us. He has a work count of three in the Open Library and five works in Crossref.

Born in 1954, Joy is associated with the ACM Classification Code 10011369. His name appears in 440 other encyclopedia articles. He is also listed under the Commons category "Bill Joy."

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • The Java language specification
  • Future Doesn't Need Us
  • Why the Future Doesn't Need Us

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1978-01
Active to
1980-05
gothic rocknew wavepost-punk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,179
Total plays
2,849

We don't know a lot about Bill Joy. He was a session singer involved in the American Song Poem scene - whereby for a small fee you could have your poem or lyrics set to music and cut onto disc. Bill's best known recording is ' How Long Are You Staying ' a disco-themed track that portrays a mind on the very edge of sanity. Look out for another memorable song ' Bored Can't Cope Want Out ' a brutal account of a relationship break up. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Joy">Read more on Last.f

via Last.fm · Bill Joy

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bill
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Farmington Hills
Occupation
businessperson
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Vi
Field of work
computer science
Image
Bill Joy at World Economic Forum (Davos), 2003-01 (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Bill Joy
date of birth
1954-11-08
ACM Classification Code (2012)
10011369
birth name
William Nelson Joy
name in native language
Bill Joy
Sources (3)

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