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FLOW-MATIC

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FLOW-MATIC, originally known as B-0 (Business Language version 0), is an early English-like data processing programming language developed by Grace Hopper for the UNIVAC I at Remington Rand in the early-to-mid 1950s. FLOW-MATIC was the first programming language to express operations using English-like statements, and it strongly influenced the later design of COBOL, on whose specification committee Hopper served as a technical consultant.

Facts
First Released
1955 1
Paradigm
imperative 1
Significance
First English-like data processing language, developed for the UNIVAC I under Grace Hopper, and an influence on the later design of COBOL. 1
Connections

Influenced

Sources
1. FLOW-MATIC - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, First appeared
    First appeared: 1955 (1955)
  • Infobox, Paradigm
    Paradigm: imperative
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1
    FLOW-MATIC, originally known as B-0 (Business Language version 0), was the first English-like data processing language.
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