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Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) [1] was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages. He also contributed to creating the language ALGOL 60 .
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Peter Naur (born October 25, 1928, Frederiksberg, Denmark—died January 3, 2016, Herlev) Danish astronomer and computer scientist and winner of the 2005 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for “fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming.”
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Jan 3, 2016 · Learn about the life and achievements of Peter Naur, a Danish computer scientist who made fundamental contributions to programming language design, compiler design, and computer programming. He was the main editor of the ALGOL 60 report and the founder of the ALGOL Bulletin.
Peter Naur was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages.
Recipient of the ACM A. M. Turing Award 2005. Portrait of Peter Naur painted by Duo Duo Zhuang, 1995, Oil on canvas 65x45 cm. ACM has named Peter Naur winner of the 2005 Turing-award, also known as the "Nobel-prize of computing science." The prize will be presented to Peter Naur at a banquet in San Francisco on May 20, 2006.
Peter Naur is a Danish computer scientist and a pioneer of Algol 60 language. He has also contributed to compiler design, software engineering, and astronomy.
Mar 1, 2016 · Peter Naur, a Danish computer scientist and 2005 recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award for fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming, died January 3 after a brief illness.
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