@inproceedings{Backus59,
  title = {The syntax and semantics of the proposed international algebraic language of the Zurich ACM-GAMM Conference},
  author = {John Warner Backus},
  year = {1959},
  tags = {programming languages, semantics, rule-based, syntax definition, completeness, formal semantics, reuse, rules,  algebra},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/Backus59},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  pages = {125-131},
  booktitle = {IFIP Congress},
}