John Backus Biography

John Backus Biography

John Backus was a mathematician known for his invention of FORTRAN & for BNF notation for describing syntax for the programming language. John developed Formula Translator or Fortran, which was the first high-level programming language. It was a widely used programming language that made computers accessible and practical machines for developers and scientists without any
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Confessions of a Web Developer XIX

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten a few things off of my chest and since I’m always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: Due to the immensely negative response to any tweet about crypto from my blog account, I created a second account just for crypto musings. I’ll
Best 10 WooCommerce Themes to Consider in 2022

Best 10 WooCommerce Themes to Consider in 2022

Are you looking for a WordPress theme to open an online store?  Your best bet of course would be to select a theme that has WooCommerce-oriented features. Features that you’ll need to build your online shop quickly and get it done right. With the right WooCommerce theme, you can have a store up and running
Formatting ASCII Charts With jOOQ – Java, SQL and jOOQ.

Formatting ASCII Charts With jOOQ – Java, SQL and jOOQ.

A very little known feature in jOOQ is the Formattable.formatChart() capability, which allows for formatting any jOOQ result as an ASCII chart. This can be useful for quick plotting of results in your console application. Assuming you have a result set of this form (which is what you’re getting when you call result.format() or just
Flutter For Front-End Web Developers | CSS-Tricks

Flutter For Front-End Web Developers | CSS-Tricks

I started as a front-end web developer and then became a Flutter developer. I think there were some concepts that helped me adopt Flutter easier. There were also some new concepts that were different. In this article, I want to share my experience and inspire anyone feeling paralyzed with choosing one ecosystem over the other
Difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science

Difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science

Although these fields initially appear comparable, their variability quickly becomes apparent when several studies are performed. The most important critical question is: which career is better in the long run? Both software engineers and computer scientists are concerned with computer programs and software improvement and various related fields. Investigators in a profession focused on software