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Did You Know? The First Widely Used Programming Language Was Fortran
April 19, 2022
FortranĀ is a general-purpose,Ā compiledĀ imperativeĀ programming languageĀ that is especially suited toĀ numeric computationĀ andĀ scientific computing. It was the first commercially available programming language and was the first widely usedĀ high level general purpose programming languageĀ to have a functional implementation, as opposed to just a design on paper. It was first developed in 1954 but its first manual appeared in 1956 by … Continue reading Did You Know? The First Widely Used Programming Language Was Fortran
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