Peter Naur

Also known as

P. Naur

Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner, who began his career as an astronomer. 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.

Born 1928-01-01

Died 2016-01-01

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL138003A

Top Subjects

  • ALGOL (Computer program language) (4)
  • Cognitive science (2)
  • Truth (2)
  • Knowledge, Theory of (2)
  • Philosophy (2)
  • Philosophy of mind (2)
  • Computer programming (2)

Books by Peter Naur

Total count: 18