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When Fortran ran for the first time

On September 20, 1954, the first successful test compilation and execution of a computer program using Fortran took place. Built by a team of pioneers in computer programming and led by John Backus, it wasn’t until 1957 that Fortran was finally ready. A.S.Ganesh pulls out his punch cards to hand you the story of Backus and what he built…

When Fortran ran for the first time

We haven't written up this one. The Hindu - Sci-Tech has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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