-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACM 2005 Turing Award winner announced Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:49:05 +0000 From: Brian Randell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Dave: I'm delighted to be able to inform you, and IP if you wish, that the ACM have today announced that the winner of the 2005 Turning award is Dr Peter Naur: "For fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming." Their press release is at: http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/2_2006/awards05.cfm Cheers Brian -- School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~brian.randell/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
