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Article #877First language?
From: Damian Gick
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 20:41
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 20:41
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Does anyone know what the name of the first high-level language was?
It was created in 1953 by J. H. Laning and Neil Zierler, two MIT scientists.
It was developed for the Whirlwind computer, but was too incredibly slow for
any actual use.
(Also, by 'high-level language' I mean that it used PRINT statements, etc.
and algebraic equations (i.e. a + b = c) ).
Or did it not have a name?
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