Robert Barton

Name: Robert (Bob) Stanley Barton

Born: February 13, 1925, in New Britain, Connecticut USA

Death: January 28, 2009 (Age: 83)

Computer-related contributions

• Known as the chief architect of the Burroughs B5000 and other computers, including the B1700.
• Co-inventor of dataflow.

Significant publications

• Ideas for Computer Systems Organization: A Personal Survey (1970).
• A Critical Review of the State of Programming Art (1963).
• A New Approach to the Functional Design of a Digital Computer (1961).
• Functional Design of Computers (1961).

Honors and awards

• First recipient of the ACM/IEEE Computer Society Eckert–Mauchly Award (1979).
• IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1979).
• IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award (1977).

Quotes

"Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult."