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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Hopper and Backus (was Re: @property simultaneous setter and getter) |
| Date | 2013-12-21 16:42 -0500 |
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On 12/21/2013 11:59 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On 21 Dec 2013 11:31:22 GMT, Steven D'Aprano >> I don't know. What is it? I'm sure your code is the most fabulous, >> awesome and brilliant thing since Grace Hopper came up with FORmula >> TRANslation back in the 1950s, > As I recall, Grace Hopper was involved in COmmon Business Oriented > Language. Yes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_hopper Somehow, I had the same impression as Steven. > FORTRAN credit goes to John Backus (the B in BNF notation) He assembled and directed the team (at IBM, it appears). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Backus -- Terry Jan Reedy
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@property simultaneous setter and getter Brian Bruggeman <brian.m.bruggeman@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 15:26 -0600
Re: @property simultaneous setter and getter Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-21 11:31 +0000
Re: @property simultaneous setter and getter Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-21 12:09 +0000
Re: @property simultaneous setter and getter Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-12-21 11:59 -0500
Hopper and Backus (was Re: @property simultaneous setter and getter) Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-12-21 16:42 -0500
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