17-09-2009, 06:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-09-2009, 06:53 PM by Helen Reyes.)
I guess the Economist got thrown out, can't find it. Should be from 99 or 2000.
Imants Freibergs sure didn't invent FORTRAN, Backus did. I thought it was created by the creator of ALGOL, Backus. Maybe IF just stole the name for some program he wrote. There's a Backus family in Chicago who own and operate some Lithuanian museum there. Probably not related.
This might be the Economist article I read, but doesn't sound like it:
According to this list of abstracts by VVF, she's heavily into experiments with hypnotics, pain, prozac and lithium:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...stractPlus
Imants Freibergs sure didn't invent FORTRAN, Backus did. I thought it was created by the creator of ALGOL, Backus. Maybe IF just stole the name for some program he wrote. There's a Backus family in Chicago who own and operate some Lithuanian museum there. Probably not related.
This might be the Economist article I read, but doesn't sound like it:
Quote:Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a Canadian-European
Article Abstract:
The new president of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberger, left Latvia with her parents when she was seven-years-old, and the family eventually migrated to Canada. She does not speak Russian, and has little knowledge of Latvian politics, and lacks a political base. She was selected as an outsider and may have some advantages due to her outsider status. She is also popular among ethnic Latvians. She speaks five languages so can present a new image to the outside world at a time when Latvia aims to strengthen links with the European Union.
Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
According to this list of abstracts by VVF, she's heavily into experiments with hypnotics, pain, prozac and lithium:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...stractPlus