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In 1953, John Backus, wrote Fortran and submitted his first draft to IBM.
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In 1956, the first FORTRAN complier was released.
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In October of 1956, Fortran first came out to the public. People would now be able to learn coding.
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Fortran II came out shortly after Fortran I. Fortran II added a few key new features. It also added subroutines.
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In 1958, only a few months after Fortran II came out, Fortran III came out. This Fortran had assembly line codes and machine dependent features.
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In 1961, Fortran IV came out. This new updated version of Fortran came because of things that the customers wanted. This Fortran removed machine dependent features.
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In 1962, Fortran IV was released to the public. It was released with the Standard American Standard Association.
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In 1966, Fortran 66 came out! It was one of the most significant developments in Fortran.
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In 1978, Fortran 77 came out! It added many new features. Many of these features made it easy for people.
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In 1992, Fortran 90 came out and resolved problems of Fortran 77. Fortran 90 added many new keys and features.
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In 1997, Fortran 95 came out and provided minor revisions to Fortran 90. It was to solve some problems from Fortran 90. It also added some extensions.
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In 2003, Fortran 2003 came out and it had many new features. It was a major revision. It had many new enhancements such as support for international usage and input and output enhancements.
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In 2008, Fortran 2008 came out. It made minor upgrades. It made corrections to Fortran 2003.
