John Backus

John Warner Backus 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.

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Who was born first?

• John Backus and Benoit Mandelbrot were born the same year
• John Backus and James Black were born the same year
• John Backus and Jean Bartik were born the same year
• John Backus and Eugene Dynkin were born the same year
• John Backus and Georges Charpak were born the same year

Timeline

1. Benoit MandelbrotNovember 20, 1924 – October 14, 2010
2. Eugene DynkinMay 11, 1924 – November 14, 2014
3. Georges CharpakAugust 1, 1924 – September 29, 2010
4. James BlackJune 14, 1924 – March 21, 2010
5. Jean BartikDecember 27, 1924 – March 23, 2011
6. John Backus (this page)December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007

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• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
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