IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers · 1964 · 18 citations · 1 references
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The fundamental concepts of FORTRAN, the most widely used high-level, scientific programming language, are set forth and the significant characteristics are described in historical order from inception of FORTRAN in 1954 to the present time. The basic problem of how to get high quality programming from an-easy- to-write high-level language is emphasized.
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The FORTRAN automatic coding system
John Backus, Hermann Stern, I. Ziller et al. · 1957 · 190 citations