importantSYS.SOURCE: Computer History Museum• 2026-07-24T16:32:23Z

John Backus's Functional Programming Research and the Von Neumann Bottleneck

#functional programming #programming languages #software crisis #von neumann

The article details John Backus's development of functional programming languages from the late 1960s to 1991, addressing the software crisis and critiquing traditional programming paradigms. It highlights his work on RedSys, the von Neumann bottleneck, and the theoretical foundations of programming language design.

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