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John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented and implemented FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, and was the inventor of the Backus–Naur form (BNF), a widely used notation to define syntaxes of formal languages.
Backus is best known as the father of Fortran, the first widely used, high-level programming language that helped open the door to modern computing.
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.
Jun 5, 2024 · John Backus was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1924. He received an MS in mathematics from Columbia University (1950). Shortly before he graduated, Backus interviewed at IBM and was hired to work on programming their new computer systems.
Mar 17, 2007 · John Backus. United States – 1977. CITATION. For profound, influential, and lasting contributions to the design of practical high-level programming systems, notably through his work on FORTRAN, and for seminal publication of formal procedures for the specification of programming languages. Short Annotated. Bibliography. ACM Turing Award. Lecture.
Sep 5, 2023 · John Backus. Pioneer in computer programming languages, IBM Watson Laboratory at Columbia University, 1950-52. New, July 2022, video of Backus's 34-minute address to the Los Alamos International History of Computing Conference, June 1976. Minute 4:40: SSEC ; 20:00: Fortran; 29:00: BNF ; 29: Q&A...
Apr 12, 2017 · John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language ( FORTRAN) and was the inventor of the Backus-Naur form (BNF), the almost universally used notation to define formal language syntax.
