Early Examples
- John Backus — FORTRAN compiler
- C.A.R. Hoare — ALGOL compiler
- Grace Hopper — COBOL compiler
- Ada Lovelace — Analytical Engine
- John McCarthy — LISP
- Christopher Strachey — draughts playing program
- Alan Turing — provably correct program
- Niklaus Wirth — Pascal compiler
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