Turing Award. Naur was editor in 1960 of the hugely influential "Report on the
Algorithmic Language Algol 60. He made pioneering contributions to methodologies for writing
correct programs through his work on assertions that enable programmers to
state their assumptions, and on structured programming.
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Naur is also cited for
his contribution to compiler design and to the art and practice of computer
programming. "His work, though
formal and precise, displays an exceptional understanding of the limits and
uses of formalism and precision," said Gray. Naur
contributed fundamental components of today's computing knowledge and skills. Naur
studied astronomy at King's College in Cambridge, U. Hagemann Gold Medal from the Danish
Technical University in 1963 , the Jens Rosenkjaer Prize from the Danish Radio
in 1966, and the Computer Pioneer Award from the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers in 1986.M. Turing, the British
mathematician who articulated the mathematical foundation and limits of
computing, and who was a key contributor to the Allied cryptanalysis of the
German Enigma cipher during World War II.industrialinfo.
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Software Pioneer Peter Naur Wins ACM's Turing Award

The award
is for Naur's pioneering work on defining the Algol 60 programming language. He commented that Naur's editing of
the Algol report and his comprehensive preparation for the January 1960
meeting in which Algol was presented "was the stuff that really made Algol 60
the language that it is, and it wouldn't have even come about, had he not done
that.acm.

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Naur's ALGOL 60 embodied the notion of elegant simplicity for
algorithmic expression ," said Justin Rattner, Intel senior fellow and Chief
Technology Officer. John Backus, another
former Turing Award winner, acknowledged Naur as the driving intellectual
force behind the definition of Algol 60. Through these activities and his
development of an influential computer science curriculum , Dr.
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Algol 60 is the model for many later programming languages, including those
that are indispensable software engineering tools today. The report made pioneering use of what later
became known as Backus-Naur Form (BNF) to define the syntax of programs.
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"Over the years, programming languages have become bloated
with features and functions that have made them more difficult to learn and
less effective.
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It was deliberately independent of the properties of any
particular computer. Naur was awarded the G. Francis Hotel in San Francisco , CA.

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Naur began his scientific pursuits as an astronomer , where he was
involved in computations of the orbits of comets and minor planets.

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It carries a $100,000 prize,
with financial support provided by Intel Corporation."

Contributions Signal Birth of Computing Science
In 2002, former Turing Award winner Edsger Dijkstra characterized the
development of Algol 60 as "an absolute miracle" that signaled the birth of
what he called "computing science" because it showed the first ways in which
automatic computing could and should become a topic of academic concern. "Many of the
programming constructs we take for granted today were introduced in the Algol
Report, which introduced a concise block-structured language that improved the
way we express algorithms.S. There he organized the
Algol Bulletin and was editor of the 13 -person international Algol 60 team's
report that defined Algol 60.acm.

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Naur went on to co-author the GIER Algol Compiler
(for the transistorized electronic computer developed in Denmark known as
GIER), one of the first compilers to deal fully and correctly with the
language's powerful procedure mechanism. Naur was instrumental in establishing software engineering as a
discipline.

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Naur's contribution to Algol 60 was seminal. During the 1950-51 academic year, Dr.

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Turing. BNF
is now the standard way to define a computer language. ACM supports the professional growth of its members
by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and
professional networking.com (Industrial Information Resources Inc.com
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The
development of Algol 60 was the result of an exceptionally talented group of
people, including several who were later named Turing Award winners.
Dr."
Before publication of the Algol 60 Report, computer languages were
informally defined by their prose manuals and the compiler code itself. Since its inception, the Turing
Award has honored the computer scientists and engineers who created the
systems and underlying theoretical foundations that have propelled the
information technology industry.

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Dane's Creative Genius Revolutionized Computer Language Design

NEW YORK, The Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) has named Peter Naur the winner of the 2005 A." He is recognized for the report's elegance,
uniformity and coherence, and credited as an important contributor to the
language's power and simplicity. He later returned there to earn a
doctorate in astronomy in 1957., and came to the U. Turing Award
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The new language was a major challenge to compiler
writers.
to further his work in the field. In 1953, he returned to Denmark
and served as a scientific assistant at Copenhagen Observatory. He became a professor at the Copenhagen
University Institute of Datalogy in 1969, retiring in 1998.org , is an
educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators,
researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address
the field's challenges.

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The
report, with its use of BNF to define the syntax and carefully chosen prose to
define the semantics, was concise, powerful, and unambiguous. This work involved using early computers
(starting with EDSAC, the world's first practical stored program electronic
computer) for his astronomical calculations.M.org/awards/taward.

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M.K.; Houston).

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The Turing Award ,
considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing," was first awarded in 1966, and is
named for British mathematician Alan M.
Dr. A.

About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery http://www. ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice
through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition
of technical excellence.com
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This category is for links on the history of computer programming languages only, not for general, tutorial, or reference information .

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Naur's contribution was a watershed in the computing field, and
transformed the way we define programming languages," said James Gray of
Microsoft Research, and Chair of the 2005 Turing Committee ."
Dr.
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This award should encourage future language designers who are
addressing today's biggest programming challenges, such as general -purpose,
multi-threaded computation, to achieve that same level of elegance and
simplicity that was the hallmark of ALGOL 60.
The 17-page Algol 60 Report presented the complete definition of an
elegant, transparent language designed for communication among humans as well
as with computers .

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He
obtained a magister of science degree (the equivalent of a master's degree)
from Copenhagen University in 1949.
In 1959, he joined the staff of the compiler design group at
Regnecentralen , the first Danish computer company. Turing Award was named for Alan M. For additional information, click on
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