The Fortran Language

A brief history of Fortran:

• In April 1957 IBM started delivery of its IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslation system, FORTRAN, the first high level programming language.
• By 1963 over 40 different compilers existed.
• In 1966 the American National Standards Institute, ANSI, ratified its first standard for FORTRAN. In 1980 this was replaced by a new standard, FORTRAN 77.
• By the mid 1980's FORTRAN 77 became the 'universal' dialect.
• 1991 saw the publication of the Fortran 90 standard and compilers are now available. New programs should be Fortran 90.
• Fortran 95
• Fortran 2K

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