Quotes by John Backus (December 3, 1924 � March 17, 2007)

John Backus Quotes - Much of my work has come from being lazy. - They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think.- You need the willingness to fail all the time. - Our thirty year old belief that there is only one kind of computer is the basis for our belief that there is only one kind of programming language.