In computer science, a popular notation for context-free grammars is Backus – Naur Form, or BNF.

Programming language syntax is usually defined using a combination of regular expressions ( for lexical structure ) and Backus – Naur Form ( for grammatical structure ).

In computer science, Augmented Backus – Naur Form ( ABNF ) is a metalanguage based on Backus – Naur Form ( BNF ), but consisting of its own syntax and derivation rules.

In computer science, BNF ( Backus Normal Form or Backus – Naur Form ) is one of the two main notation techniques for context-free grammars, often used to describe the syntax of languages used in computing, such as computer programming languages, document formats, instruction sets and communication protocol ; the other main technique for writing context-free grammars is the van Wijngaarden form.

However, Donald Knuth argued that BNF should rather be read as Backus – Naur Form, as it is

The Extended Backus – Naur Form ( EBNF ) is a common one.

In computer science, Extended Backus – Naur Form ( EBNF ) is a family of metasyntax notations used for expressing context-free grammars: that is, a formal way to describe computer programming languages and other formal languages.

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The J programming language, developed in the early 1990s by Kenneth E. Iverson and Roger Hui, is a synthesis of APL ( also by Iverson ) and the FP and FL function-level languages created by John Backus.

The story is the familiar Dickens tale with Mr. Magoo ( voiced by Jim Backus ) cast as Scrooge, and Gerald McBoing-Boing ( in a rare speaking role ) as Tiny Tim.

Backus Township is a civil township of Roscommon County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Backus is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.

The city of Backus is entirely within this township geographically but is a separate entity.

Billy Backus, born March 5, 1943 in Canastota, New York, is a former world boxing champion.

Backus, who is the nephew of boxing legend and former world champion Carmen Basilio, started his career by winning only 7 of his first 19 bouts.

Although he isn't a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame ( unlike his uncle Basilio, who is ), in 1990, Ed Brophy and some Canastota businessmen came up with the idea to build the hall of fame in Canastota, to honor Canastota's two native world champions: Basilio and Backus.

Although Backus isn't a member of the Hall Of Fame, Basilio is, along with many of the fighters he met inside the ring.

In 1969, Lineaweaver and Backus wrote of the oceanic whitetip: " is extraordinarily abundant, perhaps the most abundant large animal, large being over 100 pounds, on the face of the earth ".

Fred rents a luxurious suite from Peter Bowers ( Jim Backus ), who is desperate to find a tenant ( the previous occupant was a highly-publicized murder victim ).

John Backus said during a 1979 interview with Think, the IBM employee magazine, " Much of my work has come from being lazy.

In a scene from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, a pilot ( Jim Backus ) asks for an Old Fashioned while flying an airplane.

Other notable guest stars included: Cesar Romero as Chico's absentee father ; Tony Orlando as Chico's look-alike, the ex-fiance of a hostile woman he wants to date ; José Feliciano, who wrote the theme song, as Chico's womanizing famous-singer cousin Pepe Fernando ; Sammy Davis Jr. as himself ; Herbie Faye appeared as Bernie in the 1975 episode " Louie's Retirement "; Shelley Winters ( reuniting with Albertson, with whom she'd costarred in The Poseidon Adventure ) as the owner of the local bakery, Shirley Schrift ( her real name ); Jim Backus as Ed's friend who uses him as a " beard "— pretending to be playing cards with him when cheating on his wife ( Audra Lindley ); silent-film actress Carmel Myers as a former star who has fallen on hard times, brings in her car for repairs, and stays in the garage while looking for work ; George Takei as Ed's supposed long-lost son from his time in Japan during World War II ; Cesare Danova as Aunt Connie's Spanish aristocrat boyfriend, the Count de Catalan, in the second episode in which she appeared ; comedian Joey Bishop as an inept robber ; Bernie Kopell as a plastic surgeon ; Rose Marie as a CB radio enthusiast with whom a lonely Ed connects on New Year's Eve ; Penny Marshall, as a waitress ; football star Rosey Grier as himself, Della's date for a charity benefit dance ; Larry Hovis as a customer in the second episode of the first season ; and Jim Jordan ( of radio's Fibber McGee and Molly ) as a mechanic who used to be a big businessman, until he was victimized by his own company's retirement-age mandate ).

* Backus, Jean L. Letters from Amelia 1901 – 1937.

In the summer of 2006 Backus retired from his correctional facility job and moved to South Carolina.

After losing by a knockout in the first round, Backus then announced his retirement from boxing for good.

But after winning two non title bouts, he suffered an upset when he was stopped due to be cut in four rounds by Carmen Basilio's nephew Billy Backus, who took the world's Welterweight title from Nápoles on December 3 at Syracuse.

Among the cast were Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Barry Fitzgerald, Jim Backus and David Burns plus David Wayne and Ella Logan from the original Broadway production.

* John W. Backus, Julien Green, Charles Katz, John McCarthy, Alan J. Perlis, and Joseph Henry Wegstein ( from the USA ).

Using a metaphor from John Backus, assignment statements in von Neumann languages split programming into two worlds.

Backus and friend, Rob McElhenney, moved from New York City to Los Angeles during pilot season of 2003.

A key distinction from functional languages is that Backus ' language has the following hierarchy of types:

* John Backus, Charles Katz, Alan Perlis, and Joseph Henry Wegstein ( from the ACM ).

Trouble started when two American rustlers, Elijah and Pete Backus, were dragged from the Mason jail and lynched by a predominantly German mob.

A few years later, the club eliminated the word Backus from their name to demonstrate their economic independence.

In 1989, Jim Backus died from complications of pneumonia.

The next day, in a daring and violent abduction, Best and Stevens were kidnapped from the Café Backus — Klop was fatally wounded in the shootout with German agents — and rushed to Berlin.

Jan Backus served as a Vermont State Senator representing Windham County from 1989 to 1994 and Chittenden County from 1997 to 2000.

* Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo ( animated character for whom he provided the voice ) and Thurston Howell III ( his character from Gilligan's Island )

This would be the last appearance of all the regular cast members together – Jim Backus, suffering from Parkinson's disease, died in July 1989 ; Alan Hale, Jr. died in January 1990, Natalie Schafer died in April 1991, and Bob Denver died in September 2005.

Prior to Jay's arrival, CHUM held a ' Hollywood Week ' promotion with a series of programs that included actor and voice of " mr. Magoo " Jim Backus and Irene Ryan ( Granny from " The Beverly Hillbillies ") as temporary morning show fill-in hosts.

After reviewing documentation from the time, Backus learned that the FORTRAN project was " well underway " when he and his team got a chance to see Laning and Zierler's work: