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John Backus (Filadelfia, 3 de diciembre de 1924 - Oregón, 17 de marzo de 2007) fue un científico de la computación [1] estadounidense. Ganador del Premio Turing en 1977 por sus trabajos en sistemas de programación de alto nivel, en especial por su trabajo en el desarrollo de FORTRAN.
IBM. 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.
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 (Filadelfia, Pensilvania, 1924 - Ashland, Oregón, 2007) Matemático y programador estadounidense. Tras cursar estudios en Pottstown, Pensilvania, John Backus comenzó la carrera de química en la Universidad de Virginia en 1942, que abandonó un año más tarde por falta de interés.
30 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
Backus was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1976 and the prestigious Turing Award in 1977. He was also the 1993 recipient of the Charles Stark Draper Award. He retired in 1991 in Ashland, Oregon, where he died on March 17, 2007.
25 de abr. de 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. He...
