alt Hacker News> LISP and Fortran predate COBOL IIRC.
Correct. Fortran, LISP, and COBOL were invented in ‘57, ‘58, and ‘59, respectively.
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moomin • 10/02/2024
Yes, but the ideas behind COBOL were older still. Flowmatic, COBOL’s predecessor, dates back to 1955, so it really just depends how you count.
> Yes, but the ideas behind COBOL were older still. Flowmatic, COBOL’s predecessor, dates back to 1955, so it really just depends how you count.
Yes. but the ideas behind LISP were older still: Church's typed lambda calulus was conceived in 1936.