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The storey also made it to the CNN business page and they add... The Fortran programming language, which was a huge leap forward in easing the creation of computer software, was released in 1957, said the report. Backus launched his research project at IBM (Charts) four years earlier, assembling a diverse team of 10, including a chess wizard, a crystallographer and a cryptographer, said the Times. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Full story @: http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/20/news/newsmakers/backus/index.htm?postversion=2007032008 Bart P.Artymiuk wrote: > A bit of history: NY Times obituary for John W. Backus, 82, developer of > Fortran, without which CCP4 and much else would not have been possible. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html?ex=1332043200&en=adde3ee5a1875330&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink > > Pete A > > > -- ============================================================================= Bart Hazes (Assistant Professor) Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology University of Alberta 1-15 Medical Sciences Building Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T6G 2H7 phone: 1-780-492-0042 fax: 1-780-492-7521 =============================================================================