Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Mararamiro: Pashure pokutama kuNew York City akatanga kudzidziswa basa rokugadzira maredhiyo uye akatanga kufarira masvomhu. Akapedza kudzidza paColumbia University aine dhigirii rebachelor muna 1949 uye dhigirii remasters muna 1950, zvose zviri zviviri mumasvomhu, uye akabatana neIBM muna 1950. Mumakore ake matatu okutanga, akashanda paSelective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC); basa rake guru rokutanga rakanga riri rokunyora purogiramu yokuverenga nzvimbo dzeMwedzi. Muna 1953 Backus akavandudza mutauro Speedcoding, mutauro wekutanga wepamusoro wakagadzirirwa komputa yeIBM, kubatsira mukuvandudza software yeIBM 701 komputa. Kuronga kwaive kwakaoma panguva ino, uye muna 1954 Backus akaunganidza timu kuti vatsanangure nekugadzira Fortran yeIBM 704 komputa. Fortran yakanga iri mutauro wokutanga wokuronga wepamusoro-soro kuti ushandiswe zvikuru.  Mubvunzo: Dzidzo yake yakadini?
Columbia University ine dhigirii reBachelor muna 1949 uye dhigirii remasters muna 1950, zvose zviri zviviri mumasvomhu