Although the first compiler for general-purpose, imperative programming language would not be delivered for three more years, September 20, 1954 marked the first run of a Fortran (Formula Translating) ...

1954年に考案され、広く用いられた世界初の高水準言語が「Fortran」です。多種多様なプログラミング言語が存在するにもかかわらず、考案から約70年が経過した「Fortran」が依然としてプログラマーに愛用されている理由を、カリフォルニア工科大学のMartin D.

Fortran has been so successful at helping engineers to approximate equations that for many it has become a key part of the engineering process. But with many of the engineers who coded in Fortran now ...