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.
Han vill heller inte gärna bli associerad med Backus-Naur-formuläret (BNF) (tillskrivs honom av Donald Knuth) och säger att han skulle föredra att det kallas Backus Normal Form.