What prestigious award did Kenneth E. Iverson receive in 1979?
Nobel Prize
Fields Medal
Turing Award
Pulitzer Prize
Answer
The Turing Award, considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing", was presented to Kenneth E. Iverson in 1979 for his pioneering contributions to the programming language APL (A Programming Language) and for his profound impact on Theory and practice of computer programming through his elegant invention of the APL notation.
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