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FORTRAN is a procedural programming language first used in the 1950s that is

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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 heavy tasks such as scientific and engineering modeling.

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still used today. FORTRAN is used for computation heavy tasks such as

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scientific and engineering modeling.

==History==

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[[John Backus]] at [[IBM]] was the main force behind the construction of

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[[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.

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FORTRAN, as Backus was tired of having to program everything in assembly. In AD

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1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by AD 1965 the language was used

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extensively.

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