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From: pfrennin@altos86.UUCP (Peter Frenning)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Allen Holub on DDJ & C-Chest (long)
Keywords: BNF, Naur, languages, grammar.
Message-ID: <607@altos86.UUCP>
Date: 30 Sep 88 15:51:27 GMT
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Reply-To: pfrennin@altos86.UUCP (Peter Frenning)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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Yes Peter Naur was/is indeed deeply involved in language research, he was 
one of the eight members of the original ALGOL committe and the editor of
the ALGOL 60 document, as well as the chief implementor of the worlds first
functional ALGOL compiler. If my memory don't fail me it was done on a RC
GIER machine, 1K 48 bit words, drum and paper tape!!! It was an eight pass
compiler, very robust and great to work with. I had the pleasure of using it
while I attended DIKU (Datalogisk Institut Koebenhavns Universitet, Inst. of
Computer Science Univ. of Copenhagen). Peter is still professor there (or was a year ago), but hasn't to my knowledge published any major work the last decade
or so.

Maybe some of the current DIKU people can elaborate?

Peter