Programming

17313 readers

177 users here now

Welcome to the main community in programming.dev! Feel free to post anything relating to programming here!

Cross posting is strongly encouraged in the instance. If you feel your post or another person's post makes sense in another community cross post into it.

Hope you enjoy the instance!

Rules

Follow the programming.dev instance rules
Keep content related to programming in some way
If you're posting long videos try to add in some form of tldr for those who don't want to watch videos

Wormhole

Follow the wormhole through a path of communities [email protected]

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

406

Over 65 years ago this month, researchers ran the first FORTRAN program (kerala.party)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is considered as the beginning of general-purpose programming. ( Image credits : NASA and MIT_CSAIL )

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Titles like these make me chortle. Over 65 years ago this month means it could be 70, 80, 100 etc.

[–] Droggelbecher 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not if it happened in September

A draft specification for The IBM Mathematical Formula Translating System was completed by November 1954. The first manual for FORTRAN appeared in October 1956 with the first FORTRAN compiler delivered in April 1957.

None of those milestones though...

Never mind someone found it: https://www.edn.com/1st-fortran-program-runs-september-20-1954/

[–] Droggelbecher 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I saw that elsewhere in the thread before I commented

[–] randomaccount43543 10 points 1 year ago

Makes it easier to repost!