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Mark Chu-Carroll (aka MarkCC) is a PhD Computer Scientist, who works for Google as a Software Engineer. My professional interests center on programming languages and tools, and how to improve the languages and tools that are used for building complex software systems.
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I just heard that John Backus died last saturday. John Backus was one of the most influential people in the development of what we now know as software engineering. In the early days of his career, there was no...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 9:29 AM • 18 Comments •
