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

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