On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:19:33 -0000, "IMM" wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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I assumed COBOL predated Fortan.

No. Fortran (FORmula TRAnslation) was the first high level language, well 3
GL. COBOL was in 1959. It was a temporary measure that they expected to
last no more than 5 years.

Correct. Lisp and Algol predated Cobol, too.

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