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John Backus

"Von Neumann languages do not have useful properties for reasoning about programs. Axiomatic and denotational semantics are precise tools for describing and understanding conventional programs, but they only talk about them and cannot alter their ungainly properties. Unlike von Neumann languages, the language of ordinary algebra is suitable both for stating its laws and for transforming an equation into its solution, all within the "language."

Source : "Can Programming Be Liberated From the von Neumann Style?". John Backus' 1977 Turing Award lecture, published in "Communications of the ACM", Volume 21, No. 8 (pp. 639-640), August 1978.

John Backus

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“do not be surprised by your trials, since the Son of God has chosen them for our salvation.”
“Any leader has two jobs to do. To do what they are currently doing better and more efficiently (call this strengthening the core), and to do what they are not currently doing but will need to do in the future (call this creating the new).”

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“We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best.”
“I've always been an entrepreneur, but it's never been about the money. I like a challenge, the harder the better.”
“You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.”
“I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don't have the patience.”

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“Numbers, time, inches, feet. All are just ploys for cutting nature down to size.”
“People always tell me I'm the complete opposite of Chief Keef and act like I'm supposed to stop him from making his music. But I like Chief Keef, so it's always super awkward. I just make music I like.”

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