Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner, who began his career as an astronomer. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages.
Born | 1928 |
Died | 2016 |
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Born | 1928 |
Died | 2016 |
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ALGOL (Computer program language), Philosophy, Cognitive science, Computer programming, Electronic data processing, Language and languages, Language and logic, Philosophy of mind, Stars, Theory of Knowledge, Truth, Asteroids, Astronomical models, Astrophysics, Computer programs, Computers, Congresses, Criticism and interpretation, Dictionaries, Education, Higher, Fallacies (Logic), Force and energy, GIER (Computer), Higher Education, Knowledge, Theory ofPlaces
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William James (1842-1910)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL138003A
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- P. Naur
July 7, 2023 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
July 7, 2023 | Edited by Tom Morris | Add birth & death dates & brief bio from Wikidata |
September 9, 2008 | Edited by RenameBot | fix author name |
April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |