jan 1, 1954 - John Backus invents FORTRAN language
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1. FORTRAN was the first widely-used "high-level" programming language
2. Backus also worked on the Backus-Naur Form for describing programming languages, usually in terms of syntax
3. Following the creation of FORTRAN, Backus and co. worked on the early development of compilers
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