[From nobody Wed Jul 18 11:54:29 2007 Return-Path: <peter.capek@gmail.com> Received: from inbound0.mv.meer.net (inbound3.mv.meer.net [209.157.153.20]) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/meer) with ESMTP id l2K1YNXN042457 for <Paul@mcjones.org>; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:34:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.capek@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.228]) by inbound0.mv.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2K1YL8F026963 for <Paul@mcjones.org>; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:34:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.capek@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so1535857wra for <Paul@mcjones.org>; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:34:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; b=EsEUpZL1qd86avIm6wdtxT4sgkyFS65ayDtECFBxzdpLz+AqCDsfXP2mcgtZB1kmRcCQMPkKsRSrFCz+QGl7PtDzOGAhkAA+RjctLh/WyNnZWqEtjbbL8pm0ZD2L+8W5DaPGeU1blgLhcWyyRGuke9So+3BA0NmwTB/VvcPguSo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; b=pI+/0xElBghQwTGEPnhCT6131btFNMYvmD0GbqdeXXTTsud9dyM5q7DjOdwzssh4Xo4TruNHhKB/GduF7nBleRXZ31HbC1Mvgmzx81RbUGEs+zQoOG+huYrtDxuIsM8MEoSBt//NwqKGETDtEMmp6a/Z7UD0ctyqyvwYAIyoox0= Received: by 10.90.86.10 with SMTP id j10mr23897agb.1174354460631; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.68.4 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <c47c30070703191834g61e51432xfc7c89cbc62b07f3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:34:20 -0500 From: "Peter Capek" <capek@ieee.org> Sender: peter.capek@gmail.com To: "Frances E Allen" <franalle@us.ibm.com>, "Marc Auslander" <marc@auslander.name>, "Daniel A Prener" <prener@us.ibm.com>, "Burt Grad" <Burtgrad@aol.com>, "Paul McJones" <Paul@mcjones.org>, "Mike Blasgen" <mblasgen@gmail.com> Subject: Sad news: John Backus is dead MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_169724_8073018.1174354460589" X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0def559ec385ba40 ------=_Part_169724_8073018.1174354460589 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The New York Times TimesSelect News Tracker: IBM March 19, 2007 9:11 PM -------------------------------------- Obituaries: John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies By STEVE LOHR John W. Backus assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language. Full Story: http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=tnt&tntget=2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html&tntemail0=y ------=_Part_169724_8073018.1174354460589 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The New York Times<br>TimesSelect News Tracker: IBM<br>March 19, 2007 9:11 PM<br>------------------------------<div style="direction: ltr;">--------<br><br>Obituaries: John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies<br>By STEVE LOHR <br>John W. Backus assembled and led the I.B.M. team that<br>created Fortran, the first widely used programming<br>language.<br><br>Full Story:<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=tnt&amp;tntget=2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html&amp;tntemail0=y" target="_blank"> http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=tnt&amp;tntget=2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html&amp;tntemail0=y</a><br></div> ------=_Part_169724_8073018.1174354460589-- ]