History of Computer Programming Languages

FORTRAN Important Dates: <Tab/>Known today as being one of the oldest computer programming languages, FORTRAN, which stands for FORmula TRANslation, was developed and published in 1957 by John Backus and his team of professional computer programmers at International Business Machine Corporation. As more and more technological advances were made, the FORTRAN language underwent many changes that allowed programs to be transferred between computers. Later versions of the programming language were FORTAN …showed first 75 words of 2200 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2200 total…extends java.applet.Applet { public void paint(Graphics g) { // lamp platform g.fillRect(0,250,290,290); //lamp base g.drawLine(125,250,125,160); g.drawLine(175,250,175,160); //lamp shade (top and bottom edges) g.drawArc(85,157,130,50,-65,312); g.drawArc(85,87,130,50,62,58); University Of Michigan, Dearborn, College of Engineering and Computer Science. (n.d.). The Java Programming Language. Retrieved September 10, 2004, from http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/java/java.html Schneider, G., Gersting, J. (2004). Invitation to Computer Science (3rd ed.). Boston: Course Technology.