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history of programming

  • 1954 – IPL (forerunner to LISP)

  • Fortran or fomula transtion was the first high level programming languge invented by john backus in 1954

  • April 8th 1959, Grace Hopper attends the CODASYL conference and begins the creation of the COBOL

    April 8th 1959, Grace Hopper attends the CODASYL conference and begins the creation of the COBOL
  • 1952 – Autocode

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