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(Message started by: Barukh on Mar 2nd, 2006, 11:41pm)
Title: 2005 Turing Award:
Post by Barukh on Mar 2nd, 2006, 11:41pm
Read about the announcement here (http://www.acm.org/2005_turing_award).

From when Turing Award is given for defining a programming language?
Title: Re: 2005 Turing Award:
Post by towr on Mar 3rd, 2006, 12:58am

on 03/02/06 at 23:41:23, 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.
Title: Re: 2005 Turing Award:
Post by JocK on Mar 3rd, 2006, 12:58pm

on 03/02/06 at 23:41:23, Barukh wrote:
From when Turing Award is given for defining a programming language?

From 1972 onward...  8)


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