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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 The father of Fortran. Backus is best known as the father of Fortran, the first widely used, high-level programming language that helped open the door to modern computing.
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.
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 and accessible machines for scientists and others without requiring them to have deep knowledge of the machinery.
17 Mac 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. View five larger pictures. Biography. John Backus's parents were Cecil Franklin Backus (1885-1966) and Elizabeth Warner Edsall (1904-1933).
25 Apr 2007 · John Backus, who died on 17 March, was a pioneer in the early development of computer programming languages, and was subsequently a leading researcher in so-called functional programming.
17 Mac 2007 · John Backus. United States – 1977. CITATION. For profound, influential, and lasting contributions to the design of practical high-level programming systems, notably through his work on FORTRAN, and for seminal publication of formal procedures for the specification of programming languages. Short Annotated. Bibliography. ACM Turing Award. Lecture.
