πŸ”— Peter Naur has died

πŸ”— Biography πŸ”— Computer science πŸ”— Biography/science and academia πŸ”— Denmark

Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner. His last name is the "N" in the BNF notation (Backus–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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