John Backus
John Backus b. 1924, "inventor" of FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation), the first real high-level computer programming language and the most widely used programming language of physical science. If Grace Hopper is the mother of the compiler and languages, John Backus is their father. You might know the BNF Notation. (BNF is an application of Noam Chomsky's Generative Grammar Thing) Backus is the B in it.
yet another Backus: ccrma-www.stanford.edu
 
last updated: 04.07.2009, 06:58
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what friends you have, yet i agree. ;) - couldn't resist.
by motzes (03.07.2009, 19:24)
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yes he's writing about a topic of interest of mine. but no, he is not of interest to me because everything suggested in that post....
by StefanL (03.07.2009, 17:51)
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from spaniards to africa: this guy might be for your interest. i am still digging his thoughts and pointers ...
by motzes (03.07.2009, 11:11)
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some might have learned their lessons by now, even i wouldn't call them "internet guys" in the first place. apart from media/analysts craziness, you might....
by motzes (02.07.2009, 22:26)
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i know that i don't have to argue about that. anyhow, i found his paper, as i heard about it - well, two years ago....
by motzes (02.07.2009, 22:23)
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who might have learned their lessons by now. I am totally interested.
by StefanL (02.07.2009, 21:49)
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da stimmt ja vieles irgendwie, aber die andere Sache ist einerseit die, dass die traditionellen Medien diese Initiative europaweit sehr breit angelegt haben und mit....
by StefanL (02.07.2009, 21:43)
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looks like a very interesting paper. no one need argue with me about the fact that copyright has far exceeded any sensible limits and that....
by StefanL (02.07.2009, 21:36)
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very nice story, the Irish saving the civilization and a sympathetic myth too. copyright and protection of intellectual property was progress in its day, but,....
by StefanL (02.07.2009, 19:32)
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didn't we have this discussion already in the late 90s when commerce and marketing came in and classical media dreamed of making millions/billions with their....
by motzes (02.07.2009, 14:02)
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