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Ousman

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Posted - 22 Mar 2007 :  21:24:57  Show Profile  Visit Ousman's Homepage Send Ousman a Private Message
The man who invented Fortran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran),
and in the process laid the foundation for much of what we now take
for granted in computer programming, passed away at the age of 82.
http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=8336

John Backus developed Fortran for IBM out of frustration with all
the low-level work required at the time to program. For many in
the science community, Fortran is alive and well, just as Cobol
is in mainframe business computing.
http://Gambian.blogspot.com
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