Robert Lafore

Robert W. Lafore (born March 11, 1938) is a computer programmer, systems analyst and entrepreneur. He is credited with coining the term "interactive fiction" and was an early software developer in the field.

Career

Lafore worked as a systems analyst for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.At one time he was an editor for the Waite Group publishers.. In the early days of microcomputing, he wrote programs in BASIC for the TRS-80 and founded his own software company.

Lafore wrote a number of text adventure games for Adventure International; Nick Montfort credits him with coining the term "interactive fiction" for these works.

Lafore has authored a number of books on the subject of computer programming, including Soul of CP/M. and Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC and XT. Later books included C++ Interactive Course, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, Turbo C Programming for the IBM, and C Programming Using Turbo C++.

References

  1. 1 2 Montfort, Nick (2005). Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press. p. 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. 1 2 Dr. Dobb's Journal for Users of Small Computer Systems. People's Computer Company. 1984.
  4. ↑ Michael J. Tresca (16 November 2010). The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games. McFarland. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6009-0.
  5. ↑ Waite, Mitchell; Lafore, Robert (1983). Soul of CP/M: How to Use the Hidden Power of Your CP/M System (PDF). Howard W. Sams & Co. ISBN 0-672-22030-X.
  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