Fortran

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FORTRAN (FORMula TRANslation - also Fortran) is a programming language originally developed in the 1950s and still in use today because before Fortran, people coded in assembly or machine language. Although originally a procedural language, recent versions of Fortran have included some object oriented features. It is mainly used for scientific computing and numerical analysis. The first FORTRAN compiler which was running on an IBM 704 computer was developed in 1954-57 by a team lead by …

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