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'''FORTRAN''' is a procedural programming [[language]] first used in the 1950s that is still used today. FORTRAN is used for computation of heavy tasks such as scientific and engineering modeling. The name FORTRAN is a contraction of IBM Mathematical '''For'''mula '''Tran'''slating System.
'''FORTRAN''' is a procedural programming [[language]] developed in the 1950s, but still in use today. FORTRAN is used for computation of heavy tasks such as scientific and engineering modeling. The name FORTRAN is a contraction of IBM Mathematical '''For'''mula '''Tran'''slating System.
==History==
==History==
[[John Backus]] at [[IBM]] was the main force behind the construction of FORTRAN, as Backus was tired of having to program everything in [[Assembly Language|assembly language]]. In 1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by 1965 the language was used extensively. FORTRAN is considered the oldest widely used high level programming language. The original version of the language was very incovenient to program in, mostly due to the limited resources of that time's computers, but was still a huge improvement over assembler. Later the newer revisions of the language's [[ANSI]] standard have updated the language (FORTRAN 66, 70, 90, 95, 2003) to meet modern expectations and needs.
[[John Backus]] at [[IBM]] was the main force behind the construction of FORTRAN, as Backus was tired of having to program everything in [[Assembly Language|assembly language]]. In 1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by 1965 the language was used extensively. FORTRAN is considered the oldest still popular high level programming language. The original version of the language was very inconvenient to program in, mostly due to the limited resources of that time's computers, but was still a huge improvement over assembler. Later the newer revisions of the language's [[ANSI]] standard have updated the language (FORTRAN 66, 70, 90, 95, 2003) to meet modern expectations and needs.
[[Category:Programming Languages]]
[[Category:Programming Languages]]