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John Warner Backus (* 3. Dezember 1924 in Philadelphia; † 17. März 2007 in Ashland, Oregon) war ein US-amerikanischer Informatiker und einer der Pioniere der Informatik. Er war Leiter des Entwicklungsteams von Fortran, der ersten (tatsächlich realisierten) Programmierhochsprache.
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 (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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
17. März 2007 · John Backus was an American mathematician best known for the invention of FORTRAN and for the BNF notation for describing the syntax of a programming language.
5. Sept. 2023 · John Backus. Pioneer in computer programming languages, IBM Watson Laboratory at Columbia University, 1950-52. New, July 2022, video of Backus's 34-minute address to the Los Alamos International History of Computing Conference, June 1976. Minute 4:40: SSEC ; 20:00: Fortran; 29:00: BNF ; 29: Q&A...
20. März 2007 · John W. Backus, der Vater von Fortran und Miterfinder der Backus-Naur-Form, ist im Alter von 82 Jahren gestorben. Das gab laut New York Times Backus' Tochter Karen bekannt.