26 Jan
1998
26 Jan
'98
3:08 p.m.
First ever? I believe was ForTran. Which was just that
formula
translation from math formulae, i.e. trajectories, over to ML.
But I guess there were probably many local tranlators and interpreters
for developed locally. It was just that ForTran was a Navy thing..
Hmmm, I was thinking it was COBOL that Admiral Hopper had helped to
develop. What can I say, it's been a few years since I've looked at the
Navy manuals that would tell.
Zane
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