On September 20, 1954, the first successful test compilation and execution of a computer program using Fortran took place. Built by a team of pioneers in computer programming and led by John Backus, ...

John Backus, the man who led development of the first mainstream programming language, Fortran, has died at the age of 82. His lifelong mission after joining IBM in 1950 as a programmer was to work on ...

I learned to program FORTRAN IV in the spring of 1968 while working as an engineering technician in water resources. One of the engineers knew of my interest in computers and asked if I would like to ...

Overview Built for systems programming, C remains deeply embedded in operating systems, networking and performance-critical ...

John Backus: John Backus, known as the father of the Fortran computer-programming language that made computers more accessible, and a longtime IBM employee, died last Saturday in Ashland, Oregon. He ...

NASA has an urgent need for a FORTRAN developer to support the Voyager spacecraft. Popular Mechanics interviewed Voyager program manager [Suzanne Dodd] who is looking to fill [Larry Zottarell’s] shoes ...

Advances in science and engineering still rely on Fortran more than any other language by many important measures. Surprised? You shouldn’t be, although many people who call themselves programmers ...

John Backus, the man who led development of the first mainstream programming language, Fortran, has died at the age of 82. His lifelong mission after joining IBM in 1950 as a programmer was to work on ...