Fortran : 1st program 1954, Sept 20
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Fortran IV IBM 360 Watfor compiler - February 1971 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg as a student. First paid program on same computer as a research assistant December 1971. 50 years ago.
My first programming class in college (fall of 1979) used WATFIV on an IBM 370.
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My first program was in Fortran IV and was for an IBM 360 in 1968. Last time I used Fortran was in 1988 on a MicroVax.
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Fortran IV IBM 360 Watfor compiler - February 1971 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg as a student. First paid program on same computer as a research assistant December 1971. 50 years ago.
FORTRAN IV on WATFOR was my first high level language (if you exclude Honeywell Time Sharing Basic). I was still at school in 1974 and borrowed a textbook overnight and read it cover-to-cover. Then upset the teacher it belonged to by writing more complex programs than she could. (Coding sheets sent to the local county council for mispunching onto 80-char punch cards - turn-round time: 2 weeks)
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FORTRAN IV on WATFOR was my first high level language (if you exclude Honeywell Time Sharing Basic). I was still at school in 1974 and borrowed a textbook overnight and read it cover-to-cover. Then upset the teacher it belonged to by writing more complex programs than she could. (Coding sheets sent to the local county council for mispunching onto 80-char punch cards - turn-round time: 2 weeks)