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October 15, 1956

On October 15, 1956, fORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community. César, Anne Glover, Beatrice Ask would arrive in the same year.

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FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.

Fortran is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing.

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1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.

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On October 15, 1956

  1. 1956 FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.

    General-purpose programming language

    Fortran is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing.

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César 1956– Brazilian footballer (died 2024)
Anne Glover 1956– Scottish biologist and academic
Beatrice Ask 1956– Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice
Peter Chelsom 1956– English film director, writer, and actor
Kakha Bendukidze 1956– Georgian economist and politician (died 2014)
Peter Kosminsky 1956– English director, producer, and screenwriter

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