jan 1, 1957 - FORTRAN and John Backus

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1) FORTRAN was the first professional programming language. Designed in 1954 by Backus for IBM, released 1957

2) Fortran is still popular today, especially in scientific and industrial industries

3) Fortran made computer programming more accessible by implementing a form of English short hand and algebra instead of binary or hexadecimal arithmatic language

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