John Backus led the development Fortran, which was the first mainstream programming language and is still heavily influential today John Backus, the man who led development of the first mainstream ...

Details of the method are presented (including a FORTRAN computer program), and results of two typical cases are summarized. OR professionals in every field of study will find information of interest ...

Fortran was the first commercial programming language ever, and is gaining popularity thanks to the massive need for (scientific) number crunching. Welcome back Fortran," says Tiobe.