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John Warner Backus (né à Philadelphie le 3 décembre 1924 – mort à Ashland (Oregon) le 17 mars 2007) est un informaticien américain. Il est directeur de l’équipe qui pour la première fois crée un langage de programmation de haut niveau, le Fortran, et est le créateur de la forme de Backus-Naur (BNF).
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.
John Backus was a gifted problem-solver who created the first widely used, high-level programming language, Fortran, and developed the Backus-Naur Form for describing programming languages. He also worked on the IBM 704 and Speedcode, and received the National Medal of Science and the Turing Award.
30 avr. 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.
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John Backus Informaticien américain (Philadelphie 1924). Après avoir établi qu'il est possible d'écrire les programmes informatiques en langage évolué, il mit au point le langage Fortran (1954).
17 mars 2007 · John Backus was an American mathematician best known for the invention of FORTRAN and for the BNF notation for describing the syntax of a programming language.
17 mars 2007 · John Backus was a pioneer of high-level programming languages, especially FORTRAN and BNF. He worked at IBM for most of his career and made significant contributions to functional programming and computer science.
