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03/12/1924 FORTRAN inventor is born

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Oral History of John Backus

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FORTRAN: A Turning Point in History 2012

American computer scientist John Backus developed the FORTRAN computer language. It was the first widely used high-level programming language. It means that you don’t have to understand computers to use it. FORTRAN is similar to natural language, or mathematics. It is still in use today, especially in high-performance computing.
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