This is considered as the beginning of general-purpose programming. ( Image credits : NASA and MIT_CSAIL )
But job listing will still be asking for 70 years of FORTRAN experience.
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Can you really be proficient in a language you didn't invent?
Titles like these make me chortle. Over 65 years ago this month means it could be 70, 80, 100 etc.
The funniest part to me is how 'this month' is absolutely meaningless. It was over 65 years ago last month too, and the month before that
Makes it easier to repost!
Source? I'd like to read the story
Edit. https://www.edn.com/1st-fortran-program-runs-september-20-1954/
And the program finally completed today! 🎉
FORTRAN IV was the first language I learned to program in. Punch cards!!!
That must've been a punch of fun
Any idea what that first program was?
Considering fortran was designed for numerical computation, it was probably a east to check mathematical identity like n*(n+1)/2 = 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + n
I'm guessing "Hello world" followed shortly by "send nudes".
The tile flooring in the image is asbestos, fun fact
And you're saying it Fort_ran_?
Any names of these two people ? I'll try reverse search