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an American computer scientist with a long-term career as a [|computer security] researcher at the [|National Security Agency] (NSA). In 1972 he coined the term [|Trojan horse] for [|malicious] computer programs. In the 60s, while affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was involved in the initial development of LISP within the group of John McCarthy. Along with Timothy Hart, Daniel Edwards wrote a memo on Alpha-Beta in December 1961, revised version in 1963. It also contains a Theorem by Michael Levin, the well known formula of the number of leaf nodes that need to be examined in Alpha-Beta.
 * Daniel J. Edwards**,

=Quotes=

Alpha-Beta
Quote by John McCarthy from //Human-Level AI is harder than it seemed in 1955// : include page="Quote McCarthy"

LISP
Quote by John McCarthy in //From LISP 1 to LISP 1.5// : include page="Quote McCarthy on LISP" =See also=
 * History of Alpha-Beta
 * LISP

=Selected Publications=
 * Daniel J. Edwards (**1960**). //[|LISP II Garbage Collector]//. AIM-19
 * Daniel J. Edwards, Timothy Hart (**1961**). //[|The Alpha-Beta Heuristic]//. AIM-030
 * John McCarthy, Paul W. Abrahams, Daniel J. Edwards, Timothy P. Hart, Michael I. Levin (**1962**). //LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual//. The M.I.T. Press, second edition (1985) as [|pdf]
 * Daniel J. Edwards, [|Jeffrey R. Yost] (**2013**). //[|Oral history interview with Daniel J. Edwards]//. [|Charles Babbage Institute]

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