American computer scientist who directed 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 formal language syntax.
American computer scientist
| Born | 1924 |
| Died | 2007 |
American computer scientist
| Born | 1924 |
| Died | 2007 |
Subjects
Ballistic missile defenses, Calculators, Computers, FORTRAN (Computer program language), International Business Machines Corporation, Political activity, Programming languages (Electronic computers)People
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Alternative names
- John Warner Backus
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