On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:56:37 +1200 Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For all those who program in a high level language (i.e. higher than > assembler), John Backus is the guy who first made it possible in the > 1950's. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/business/20backus.html > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Backus > > Cheers, > Carl. Personally, I cut my teeth on Fortran 2, for which I'm grateful. BNF, I'm not so sure about. RIP, Steve
