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For the physicist, see John Backus (acoustician) John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist. He directed the team that invented the first widely used...
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Left photo: from [9]. The caption reads: "John Backus, leader of the group which developed FORTRAN (1954-57), was an early SSEC programmer." After serving in the US Army in World War II, Backus received his BS in mathematics from Columbia's School of General Studies in 1949 (and, I believe, he also earned a...
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www.columbia.edu/acis/history/backus.html
www.columbia.edu/acis/history/backus.html
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John Backus was the developer of FORTRAN, for years one of the best known and most used programming systems in the world.
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www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/builders/builders_back...
www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/builders/builders_backus.html
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The John Backus Archive ... The John Backus Archive contains various files from the Backus estate, as well as materials collected by the Catgut Acoustical Society regarding this prominent acoustician. John Backus was a well-known researcher in woodwind acoustics and a recipient of the Silver Medal of the Acoustical Society...
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ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Backus/BackusHome.html
ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Backus/BackusHome.html
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The first high level programming language - fortran - invented by John Backus and IBM. ... More on FORTRAN and John Backus ... FORTRAN or formula translation, the first high level programming language, was invented by John Backus for IBM, in 1954, and released commercially, in 1957. It is still used today for programming...
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inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa072198.htm
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John Backus developed Fortran, or Formula Translator, one of the first general purpose, high-level computer programming languages. This widely used language made computers practical, accessible machines for scientists and others without requiring them to have deep knowledge of the machinery.
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web.mit.edu/invent/iow/backus.html
web.mit.edu/invent/iow/backus.html
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John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82. ... John Warner Backus was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1924. His father was a chemist who became a stockbroker. Backus had what he would...
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www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17704662/
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John Backus made software back when no one called it software. As the project leader of the IBM team which created the venerable Fortran language, Backus helped define the "hacker ethic". ... Tags: FORTRAN, John Backus, JohnBackus, obit, obituary...
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www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/20/fortran-father-john-ba...
www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/20/fortran-father-john-backus-dead-at-82/
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