10 May
2010
10 May
'10
11:46 a.m.
From: Dan Gahlinger
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:04 PM
Fortran the first high-level language, I think that
would be open to debate.
Indeed, wikipedia says otherwise... and I quote:
Oh, brother. Wikipedia? Really? A place where any moron with an id?e fixe
can spout nonsense and remove the contributions of experts in the field?
The first high-level programming language to be
designed for a computer was
Plankalk?l, developed for the German Z3 by Konrad Zuse between 1943 and 1945.
OK, let's call FORTRAN the first *successful* high-level programming language
for multiple machine architectures.
Not that that will make any difference.
LISP, COBOL and Algol are also mentioned during the
1950s, so "first" is
perhaps debateable. Do we count the programmable "Looms" ?
LISP 1: 1958.
COBOL: 1957.
Algol: 1958 (presentation language),
1960 (first implementations on computer).
FORTRAN: 1954.
What's your problem?
Oh, I know, I know, "Don't feed the trolls."
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