Peter Naur wins ACM Turing Award

James Stroud jstroud at ucla.edu
Tue Mar 7 15:37:15 EST 2006


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.
> 
> Is it possible that Peter Naur was forgotten when John Backus received
> the Turing Award right in time in 1977?
> 
> Kay
> 

If you are going to publish, its important to choose a last name that 
starts with a letter at the front of the alphabet, lest you languish 
indefinitely in anonymity like Peter Naur.

James

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