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dmdigital
21st March 2007, 08:58 PM
For those of us who remember things like PDP-11's and punch cards as being leading edge...

The creator of FORTRAN, John Backus, passed away last Saturday aged 82.

Quiggers
21st March 2007, 09:51 PM
Yup, I do remember them - big stuff in the seventies - RIP Jim - finally logged off.

GQ