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:[[FORTRAN]] showed that a useful high-level language was possible.  

:[[FORTRAN]] showed that a useful high-level language was possible.  

:[[COBOL]] provided a language especially for business use.

:[[Cobol|COBOL]] provided a language especially for business use.

:[[LISP]] provided a language suitable for symbol processing.

:[[Lisp|LISP]] provided a language suitable for symbol processing.

:Algol 60 was the first block-structured language and set a new standard in language definition (Backus-Naur form).

:Algol 60 was the first block-structured language and set a new standard in language definition (Backus-Naur form).

::Algol 60 was described by Edsger Dijkstra, as "a great improvement on many of its successors".

::Algol 60 was described by Edsger Dijkstra, as "a great improvement on many of its successors".