John Backus and the beginning of FORTRAN · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave marks the death of John Backus by explaining how FORTRAN changed programming and recounting the unlikely path from a difficult student to an IBM programmer who initially did not know what that job was. A Gilligan's Island name joke keeps the tribute recognizably in the show's voice.
This excerpt runs from 0:02.050 to 2:52.190 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2007-03-24. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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