Re: Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

2006-03-07 Thread Colin J. Williams
Kay Schluehr wrote: > Colin J. Williams wrote: > > >>Without detracting from the last sentence, I disagree. >> >>Peter Naur's honour is long overdue. >> >>Colin W. > > > Sometimes it's hard for me to figure out about what somebody else > disagrees with me in particular when I agree with him. Ka

Re: Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

2006-03-07 Thread James Stroud
Kay Schluehr wrote: > Colin J. Williams wrote: > > >>Without detracting from the last sentence, I disagree. >> >>Peter Naur's honour is long overdue. >> >>Colin W. > > > Sometimes it's hard for me to figure out about what somebody else > disagrees with me in particular when I agree with him. >

Re: Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

2006-03-07 Thread Kay Schluehr
Colin J. Williams wrote: > Without detracting from the last sentence, I disagree. > > Peter Naur's honour is long overdue. > > Colin W. Sometimes it's hard for me to figure out about what somebody else disagrees with me in particular when I agree with him. Is it possible that Peter Naur was forg

Re: Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

2006-03-07 Thread Terry Reedy
"Colin J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Terry Reedy wrote: >> >>>http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/3_2006/turing_3_01_2006.cfm >>> >>>Peter Naur was co-developer of Backus/Naur grammar notation, co-author >>>and >>>editor of the Algo

Re: Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

2006-03-07 Thread Colin J. Williams
Kay Schluehr wrote: > Terry Reedy wrote: > >>http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/3_2006/turing_3_01_2006.cfm >> >>Peter Naur was co-developer of Backus/Naur grammar notation, co-author and >>editor of the Algol 60 specification, and co-developer of a successful >>Algol compiler.

Re: Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

2006-03-06 Thread Kay Schluehr
Terry Reedy wrote: > http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/3_2006/turing_3_01_2006.cfm > > Peter Naur was co-developer of Backus/Naur grammar notation, co-author and > editor of the Algol 60 specification, and co-developer of a successful > Algol compiler. That's very fine. Peter