John Backus

John Backus

male, deceased (2007) (San Francisco, California, United States)
John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language... More
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Peter Naur

Peter Naur

male, 79 years old
Peter Naur (born October 25, 1928) is a Danish pioneer in computer science and Turing award winner. His last name is the N in the BNF notation... More
Search For: backus programming language Regnecentralen ALGOL 60 Software Architecture Technical University of Denmark