It was supposed to be a fun day at the park… but holding that gigantic rock from tipping over was hard work! At the end I had to let it go… ceo
John Backus, a pioneer in programming languages, passed away at the age of 82. He lead the creation of FORTRAN, both the language and its advanced compiler. Also, with Peter Naur, developed the Backus-Naur notation – a (still) very important notation used to…