<p><img data-tf-not-load="1" fetchpriority="high" loading="auto" decoding="sync" width="469" height="600" src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fortran1.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Fortran" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fortran1.jpeg 469w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fortran1-234x300.jpeg 234w" sizes="(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px" /></p>
<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft"><a href="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/09/fortran1.jpeg" data-rel="lightbox-image-0" data-rl_title="" data-rl_caption="" title=""><img data-tf-not-load="1" decoding="async" width="234" height="300" src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/09/fortran1-234x300.jpeg" alt="Fortran" class="wp-image-22221" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fortran1-234x300.jpeg 234w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fortran1.jpeg 469w" sizes="(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px" /></a><figcaption>Fortran</figcaption></figure></div>



<p><strong>1954</strong> &#8211; Fortran&nbsp;is a blend from the&nbsp;IBM Mathematical Formula Translating System that started as the assembly language for the IBM 704. A&nbsp;general-purpose,&nbsp;procedural&nbsp;programming language that is suited to&nbsp;numeric computation and&nbsp;scientific computing.</p>


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