He did not like being associated with the Backus–Naur form (attributed to him by Donald Knuth) and said that he would prefer it to be called the Backus normal form.
Er mochte ungern mit der Backus-Naur-Form in Verbindung gebracht werden (dies geschah durch Donald Knuth) und sagte, dass er sie lieber Backus-Normal-Form nennen würde.