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Danish computer scientist (1928–2016) and Turing Award winner (2005); author of 'Programming as Theory Building' (1985); co-editor of the 1968 NATO Software Engineering Conference report

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Born
1928
Died
2016
Works
19

Top works

  • Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules
  • Pluralism in Software Engineering
  • Antiphilosophical dictionary
  • Software engineering
  • A Manual of Gier Algol 4.

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Born
( 1928-10-25 ) 25 October 1928, Frederiksberg , Denmark
Died
3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) (aged 87), Herlev , Denmark
Education
University of Copenhagen ( BS , MS , PhD )
Known for
ALGOL , Backus–Naur form
Spouse
Christiane Floyd
Awards
Computer Pioneer Award (1986), Turing Award (2005)
Fields
Computer science , informatics
Institutions
Regnecentralen , Niels Bohr Institute , Technical University of Denmark , University of Copenhagen

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Peter Naur (25 October 1928 – 3 January 2016) was a Danish computer science pioneer and 2005 Turing Award winner. He is best remembered as a contributor, with John Backus, to the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation used in describing the syntax for most programming languages. He also contributed to creating the language ALGOL 60.

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