A nice article on John Backus, the father of Fortran (short for "Formula translator"), appeared in the NY Times. Though Fortran has only come up a few times in the SAGE email list discussions, I thought a few people on this list might enjoy it: <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin>
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