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John Backus

John Backus. Presented by: Roslyn McClung. Born :December 3, 1924 Died : March 17, 2007 His cause of death is unknown . He graduated from Columbia University Later attended the University of Pennsylvania. John Backus was an American computer scientist.

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John Backus

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  1. John Backus Presented by: Roslyn McClung

  2. Born :December 3, 1924 • Died: March 17, 2007 • His cause of death is unknown. • He graduated from ColumbiaUniversity • Later attended the University of Pennsylvania.

  3. John Backus was an American computer scientist. • He directed the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language (FORTRAN) and was the inventor of the Backus-Naur form (BNF), a widely used notation to define formal language syntax.

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