Fortran
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Fortran is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing.
John Backus proposed the FORTRAN project in December 1953 and received the A.M. Turing Award in 1977.
The Fortran Automatic Coding System for the IBM 704 (October 15, 1956), the first programmer's reference manual for Fortran
FORTRAN code on a punched card, showing the specialized uses of columns 1–5, 6 and 73–80
A pad of FORTRAN coding forms, used by programmers to prepare programs for punching onto cards by keypunch operators
C (programming language)
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C is a general-purpose programming language created in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie. By design, C gives programmers relatively direct access to the features of typical CPU architectures, customized for the
Fortran
…and finite element support, and other generic libraries. Since the early 2000s, many of the widely used support libraries have also been implemented in C and more recently, in C++. On the other hand, high-level languages such as the Wolfram Language, MATLAB, Python, and R have become popular in particular…
Dennis Ritchie (right), the inventor of the C programming language, with Ken Thompson
"Hello, World" program by Brian Kernighan (1978)