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FORTRAN is a procedural programming language first used in the 1950s that is
FORTRAN is a procedural programming language first used in the 1950s that is still used today. FORTRAN is used for computation heavy tasks such as scientific and engineering modeling.
still used today. FORTRAN is used for computation heavy tasks such as
scientific and engineering modeling.
==History==
==History==
[[John Backus]] at [[IBM]] was the main force behind the construction of
[[John Backus]] at [[IBM]] was the main force behind the construction of FORTRAN, as Backus was tired of having to program everything in assembly. In AD 1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by AD 1965 the language was used extensively.
FORTRAN, as Backus was tired of having to program everything in assembly. In AD
1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by AD 1965 the language was used
extensively.
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[[Category:Computer science]] [[Category:Programming language]]