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...Dean Backus, HILLSBORO...
Before computing pioneer John Backus and his team at IBM developed Fortran, the first widely used programming language, in the 1950s, computers had to be "hand coded" in wonky strings of digits in order to perform basic functions. Backus' invention allowed programmers to enter human-friendly instructions that computers would then translate on their own. The unprecedented "high level" system, which Backus said was inspired by "being lazy," paved the way for modern software...
...colors of “Groove” were followed by “Conformity” by Bradford Backus ’03 with music by Samuel Barber. As might be expected, all six dancers were dressed in non-descript black and white and moved in a machine-like trance for parts of the piece. The title was well-represented in the dance and the music used in conjunction to the sometimes harsh movement allowed for subjective interpretation by each viewer on the broad range of what the piece’s title might denote...
Coach: Amy Backus, fourth season...
...They played really well. We knew it going in, [Yale Coach Amy Backus] changes her starting lineup," Delaney-Smith said. "She changes at game-time There's no one player, there's not a go-to on that team. They make the extra pass and go to the open player, and they did that very well against us last night...