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Monday March 19, 2007 20070319

• John Backus Has Died

     

John Backus, the developer of the Fortran programming language, has died at age 82.

NY Times Obit

IBM Biography 

Long live Fortran and the spirit of pioneers like John Backus!


( Mar 19 2007, 10:59:58 PM PDT ) [Fortran] Permalink

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