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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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Oct 13, 2023 · 1974: Peter Naur Analyzes Contemporary Data Processing. In 1974, Peter Naur defined the term “data science” as “The science of dealing with data, once they have been established, while the relation of the data to what they represent is delegated to other fields and sciences.” 17 He published the book Concise Survey of Computer Methods in Sweden and the United States, analyzing ...
May 1, 2024 · Peter Naur (born October 25, 1928, Frederiksberg, Denmark—died January 3, 2016, Herlev) was a 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 · 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. Peter Naur was born in 1928 in Frederiksberg Denmark as the last of three children in an anti-religious family. His father, Albert, was a painter.
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. Born in Fredricksberg, Denmark, Naur studied astronomy ...
Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) 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.
The article on Peter Naur in Wikipedia inter alia states: Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner. His last name is the "N" in the BNF notation (Backus-Naur form), used in the description of the syntax for most programming languages.
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