From: Steven Lumos <steven@...>
Date: 2006-06-09T03:42:57+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future?

Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@sms.ed.ac.uk> writes:
> name of its creator eludes me.  I'd also be willing to bet that there
> was an individual at IBM directly responsible for designing Fortran
> (though this hunch is based more on the nature of Fortran and the
> size and nature of the industry at that point in history than any
> concrete knowledge).

John Backus.  Perhaps you've heard of Backus-Naur Form as well?

Steve