FORTRAN & COBOL (jan 1, 1940 – jan 1, 1954)
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Grace Hopper creates one of the first computer programming languages. At a similar time, FORTRAN is developed by a group of programmers at IBM.
- COBOL was the first language discussed and formalized for business
- FORTRAN was more concise and mathematical, whereas COBOL was more like English and wordy
- High-level programming languages, used to this day
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