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2005 Turing Award:  
« on: Mar 2nd, 2006, 11:41pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Read about the announcement here.
 
From when Turing Award is given for defining a programming language?
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« Reply #1 on: Mar 3rd, 2006, 12:58am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
on Mar 2nd, 2006, 11:41pm, Barukh wrote:
From when Turing Award is given for defining a programming language?
It's not just for the defining..
Besides which, it's for any advancement in computer science, and this definitely counts as one.
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Re: 2005 Turing Award:  
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on Mar 2nd, 2006, 11:41pm, Barukh wrote:
From when Turing Award is given for defining a programming language?

From 1972 onward...  Cool
 
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