http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/3_2006/turing_3_01_2006.cfm
Peter Naur was co-developer of Backus/Naur grammar notation, co-author and editor of the Algol 60 specification, and co-developer of a successful Algol compiler. Connection with Python: I believe Python owes more to the form and spirit of Algol than to any of the other early languages. Algol introduced the block structuring and, at least in practice, the indentation, that is a hallmark of Python. It was purposefully not tied to any particular architecture. It was "designed for communication among humans as well as with computers" even though human readability made compiler writing more challenging. Python: Algol for the 21st century? Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
