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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/baccus.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/baccus.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8c3f547..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/03.19.07/Tue/baccus.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -John W Backus, the creator of the [Fortran][2] programming language [died at his home in Oregon][1] this past Saturday. Backus was 82. - -Backus led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran in the late 1950s, which was the first widely used programming language and in many ways can be credited with starting programming as we know it today. - -At the time it was developed, there weren't many programming languages that were easily read and understood by humans. Machine readable code was the rule of the day, but Backus was convinced there had to be a better way. - -In his quest to ease the pains of programmers, Backus and his team developed Fortran and in doing so, helped usher in the era of human readable programming languages. - -Though many might argue about just how readable Fortran actually is, it is nevertheless considered the first successful high-level programming language. - -Fortran, which is roughly short for **For**mula **Tran**slator, was designed for scientists and engineers and is particularly adept at numerically intensive programs. Because of that background, Fortran still dominates computationally intensive fields such as climate modeling, fluid dynamics, physics, and chemistry. - -Monkey Bites salutes Mr. Backus and offer our condolences to his family. - -[Photo from the [New York Times][1]] - -[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/business/20backus.html?ex=1332043200&en=31f321141420c56d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies" - -[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran "Wikipedia: Fortran" |