Computing pioneer John Backus dies at 82
Computing pioneer John Backus dies at 82 - International Herald Tribune
John W. Backus was known as the developer of the Fortran programming language, but I am more appreciative of his development, along with Peter Naur, of the Backus-Naur (BNF) and especially, Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF) ---- a notation for describing the grammer of a computer language, via production rules.
More HERE.
John W. Backus was known as the developer of the Fortran programming language, but I am more appreciative of his development, along with Peter Naur, of the Backus-Naur (BNF) and especially, Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF) ---- a notation for describing the grammer of a computer language, via production rules.
More HERE.
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