Can Programming Be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and its Algebra of Programs

John W. Backus. Can Programming Be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and its Algebra of Programs. Communications of the ACM, 21(8):613-641, 1978.

@article{Backus78,
  title = {Can Programming Be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and its Algebra of Programs},
  author = {John W. Backus},
  year = {1978},
  tags = {functional programming,  algebra, programming},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/Backus78},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Communications of the ACM},
  volume = {21},
  number = {8},
  pages = {613-641},
}