David Parnas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Parnas

Canadian software engineer

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1941

Place of Birth: Plattsburgh, New York, United States

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.