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  1. 21st March 2007, 08:58 PM #1
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    John Backus dies

    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.
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    Yup, I do remember them - big stuff in the seventies - RIP Jim - finally logged off.

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