Someone posted the 2007 obituary of John W. Backus on reddit recently. I was introduced to Fortran in 2009 spring semester, almost two years after. One bit I found interesting was the team which created FORTRAN. As per the article, it consisted of:
...included a crystallographer, a cryptographer, a chess wizard, an employee on loan from United Aircraft, a researcher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a young woman who joined the project straight out of Vassar College...
...included a crystallographer, a cryptographer, a chess wizard, an employee on loan from United Aircraft, a researcher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a young woman who joined the project straight out of Vassar College...
