Fortran Creator, John Backus, Dies at 82
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| John Backus, the IBM Corp systems programmer who led the team that
| created the Fortran programming language back in the 1950s, has died
| at the age of 82.
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| As much as Sun Microsystems Inc is hoping that its newly open
| sourced Fortress programming language will replace Fortran for
| parallel applications, the odds don't favor it. Fortran has a
| way of adapting and surviving.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=64F3D8C0-23EB-407D-BF45-2A48E6E83993
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Related:
Sun's Fortran replacement goes open-source
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| Sun Microsystems took a new open-source step this week, enlisting the
| outside world's help in an attempt to create a brand-new programming
| language called Fortress.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6150063.html
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