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John Backus, Fortran Pioneer, Dead at 82

durisinm
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‎03-26-2007 07:29 PM
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Many of you probably already know this, but John Backus, leader of the IBM team that developed the first Fortran compiler, died sometime last week. I just felt that it would be right to have a mention of this in the IVF forum.

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Steven_L_Intel1
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‎03-26-2007 09:23 PM
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Thanks. I did mention it in my Doctor Fortran blog as well.
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