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“Cha de” Fortran qua doi |
John Backus, nguoi khai sinh ra
ngon ngu lap trinh Fortran - ngon ngu lam thay doi cach tuong tac cua con nguoi
voi may tinh va la buoc dem cho su ra doi cac phan mem hien nay, vua qua doi o
tuoi 82.
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Chan dung John Backus
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Truoc khi Fortran duoc khai sinh, toan bo cac xu ly tren may tinh deu phai duoc
thuc hien mot cach thu cong bang viec nhap vao hang chuoi nhung con so. Voi
Fortran, nguoi lap trinh se co the go cac cau lenh, de tu do may tinh tu dong
chuyen thanh cac doan code xu ly.
“Thanh cong cua toi don gian lai xuat phat tu su luoi bieng”, Backus
chia se “Toi khong thich phai viet cac chuong trinh, do do khi phai lam cong
viec tinh toan duong cong ten lua tren IBM 701 (mot trong nhung may tinh doi dau
cua IBM), toi da tim cach lam sao cho chuong trinh co the de xu ly hon”.
Nam 1967, to chuc IEEE da trao tang Backus giai thuong McDowell vi su ra doi cua
Fortran. Ong tiep tuc nhan huy chuong khoa hoc Nha nuoc nam 1975 va giai Turing
nam 1977 cho nhung anh huong va dong gop toi he thong ngon ngu lap trinh cao cap
thong qua Fortran. Nam 1993, ong vinh du nhan giai Charles Stark Draper, giai
thuong cao quy nhat cua hiep hoi Ky su quoc gia.
Backus mat vao ngay thu bay (17/3) tai Ashland – Oregon . Ca cuoc doi cua minh,
ong deu cong hien cho IBM. Ong duoc vinh danh la IBM Fellow nam 1987, giai
thuong cao quy nhat cho mot ky su cong nghe thong tin cua IBM.
Theo VTV
Article source http://w4rum.com/815.t
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| [By Cao Tan Kiet] [03/Mar/07] |
