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   Apr 30, 2024 · John Warner Backus (born Dec. 3, 1924, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died March 17, 2007, Ashland, Ore.) was an American computer scientist and mathematician who led the team that designed FORTRAN (formula translation), the first important algorithmic language for computers. Restless as a young man, Backus found his niche in mathematics, earning a ...

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   May 13, 2024 · In 1977, the computer scientist John Backus delivered an influential lecture titled “Can Programming Be Liberated From the Von Neumann Style?” In it, he argued that existing languages were...

4. www.britannica.com › technology › FORTRANFORTRAN | Definition, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 25, 2024 · FORTRAN, computer programming language created in 1957 by John Backus that shortened the process of programming and made computer programming more accessible. FORTRAN enabled the rapid writing of computer programs that ran nearly as efficiently as programs that had been laboriously hand coded in machine language.

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   Who is John Backus?

   • Considered Fortran’s author, John Backus received numerous prestigious awards for his work: the National Medal of Science in 1975—he was the first IBM employee to win this award—the 1977 Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery, and the 1993 National Academy of Engineering’s Charles Stark Draper Prize.

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. John Warner Backus (born Dec. 3, 1924, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died March 17, 2007, Ashland, Ore.) was an American computer scientist and mathematician who led the team that designed FORTRAN (formula translation), the first important algorithmic language for computers.

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   What happened to John Backus?

   • The recipient of the IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award for technical accomplishment in 1967, John W. Backus died Saturday in Ashland, Ore., according to IBM Corp., where he spent his career. As reported by the Associated Press, Backus famously once said: "Much of my work has come from being lazy.

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   • Backus was the 2nd orthopedic surgeon to tell me the break in my ankle was very bad. The first was at the Kansas University Medical Center, in KC where I broke my ankle while visiting. When I met Dr. Backus and after talking with him, I felt very confident in him and the decision I made after researching orthopedic surgeons in the St. Louis area.

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Apr 23, 2024. The mainframe is often considered the backbone of enterprise computing—and it has a rich history that is intertwined with pioneering individuals who shaped its development. This month at Planet Mainframe, to mark the 60th anniversary of the mainframe, we’re looking back at the history of Big Iron and some of the industry’s ...

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   3 days ago · John Backus and Simon Mountford quarrelled in the Harts Horn Inn in spring 1636 (From, John Speed, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611)) Abstract. Backus alleged that around the spring of 1636 at the Hart's Horn in Cambridge Mountford had said of him that he was 'a base fellow and no gentleman.'

8. saemiller.com › 2024/05/01 › backus-on-ibm-fortranBackus on IBM / Fortran – Professor S. A. E. Miller, Ph.D.

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   May 1, 2024 · saemiller May 1, 2024. Much of my work has come from being lazy. I didn’t like writing programs, and so, when I was working on the IBM 701, writing programs for computing missile trajectories, I started work on a programming system to make it easier to write programs. John Backus, 1979, Interview IBM Think Magazine.

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   4 days ago · It was designed specifically for the IBM 704 by a team led by John Backus and was one of the first compiled computer languages. As the first high-level computer language, FORTRAN (its name was all in caps until Fortran 90) influenced many subsequent languages and every single language that compiles an expression owes a debt to Fortran.