[[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 1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by 1965 the language was used extensively.
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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 Language|assembly language]]. In 1957, a FORTRAN compiler was published and by 1965 the language was used extensively.