在50年代初期,要使用计算机的人,必须掌握大量的技巧,手巧还要心灵,而且要有耐心。想使计算机程序运行,并且速度要快,必须使出浑身解数。因为计算机是租用的,按小时计费,慢了就不划算。约翰·巴科斯(John Backus)认为一定有更好的办法,来实现计算机的准确与高效。1953年。他开始编写第一种实用的高级程序设计语言(high-level programing language),其目的就是使计算机更容易使用。巴科斯觉得他从事这项研究的主要动力来自他的懒 In the early 1950s, people who wanted to use computers had to master a great deal of tricks, be smart at heart, and be patient. Want to make the computer program run, and faster, we must resort to every means. Because the computer is rented, hourly billing, slow is not cost-effective. John Backus thinks there must be a better way to make the computer accurate and efficient. 1953. He began writing the first practical high-level programming language designed to make computers easier to use. Bacchus felt his main motivation for this research came from his laziness