BNF Inventor Passes
Responsible not only for Fortran but also for how we proceed with formal language definition in CS - John W. Backus dies at 82:
"After Fortran, Mr. Backus developed, with Peter Naur, a Danish computer scientist, a notation for describing the structure of programming languages, much like grammar for natural languages. It became known as Backus-Naur form."
Thanks for everything John.
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