๐Ÿ”— Peter Naur has died

๐Ÿ”— Biography ๐Ÿ”— Computer science ๐Ÿ”— Biography/science and academia ๐Ÿ”— Denmark

Peter Naur (25 October 1928 โ€“ 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner. His last name is the "N" in the BNF notation (Backusโ€“Naur form), used in the description of the syntax for most programming languages. He contributed to the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language.

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