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jan 1, 1957 - Fortran/MATH-MATIC

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Designed by John Backus. Backus wanted a better assembly language for IBM’s 704 mainframe computer, and was designed to make it easier to program a computer. Fortran comes from Formula Translator.

Designed by Remington Rand and developed by a team led by Grace Hopper. It was designed to work on UNIVAC I and II systems. MATH-MATIC is just the marketing name for it.

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jan 1, 1957
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~ 68 years ago