Born
1924
Died
2007
Nationality
American
Events involving John Backus (2)
1957
ID: 4411
April 1957
IBM releases FORTRAN I - 'FORmula TRANslation', first commercially successful high-level language, 18 person-years of effort
ID: 4411
1958
ID: 4412
ALGOL 58 defined by international committee - Algorithmic Language, influences all future languages but limited use
ID: 4412