"American computer engineer" . . "Laning, J. Halcombe"@en . "1920Z"^^ . "2012Z"^^ . "1920-02-14Z"^^ . . "Dr. J. Halcombe \"Hal\" Laning, Jr. (February 14, 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri \u2013 May 29, 2012) was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer pioneer who in 1952 invented an algebraic compiler called George (also known as the Laning and Zierler system after the authors of the published paper) that ran on the MIT Whirlwind, the first real-time computer. Laning designed George to be an easier to use alternative to assembly language for entering mathematical equations into a computer."@en . "2012-05-29Z"^^ .