John Backus, RIP

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	Program BACKUSJW
*
* This program notes the passage of the creater of the
* Fortran Language
*
      integer count
*
      print*, 'John W. Backus, RIP'
      print*, '1924-2007'
      print*, ''
      print*, 'Led the team that designed Fortan in 1954.'
      print*, ''
      print*, 'Server on the committees that design ALGOL.'
      print*, ''
      print*, 'Invented the first Function-level'
      print*, 'programming language '
      print*, ''
      print*, 'Won the Turing award in 1977.'
*
      do counter = 1, 15
          print*", 'RIP'
      enddo
*
      end
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