Robert Lafore

Robert W. Lafore (born March 11, 1938) is a computer programmer and systems analyst and entrepreneur. He coined the term "interactive fiction",[1] and was an early software developer in this field.[2] He is a best-selling writer in the field of computer programming.

Early life and education

Lafore has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics.

Career

Lafore worked as a systems analyst for the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. In the early days of microcomputing, he wrote programs in BASIC for the TRS-80[3] and founded his own software company.

Lafore wrote a number of text adventure games, for which he coined the term "interactive fiction", for the company Adventure International.[4]

Lafore authored a number of books on the subject of computer programming. One of his early titles was Soul of CP/M.,[5][6] and his book Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC and XT[7][8] was a best-seller. Later books included C++ Interactive Course, Object-Oriented Programming in C++,[9][10] Turbo C Programming for the IBM,[11] and C Programming Using Turbo C++.[12] At one time he was an editor for the Waite Group publishers.[5]

References

  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. 1 2 Book review of Soul of CP/M by David Carroll. in Dr. Dobb's Journal for Users of Small Computer Systems. People's Computer Company. 1984.
  6. InCider. 2. W. Green. 1984. p. 139.
  7. Ziff Davis, Inc. (11 March 1986). PC Mag. Ziff Davis, Inc. pp. 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. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  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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