alt Hacker NewsDoes anybody know whether Fortran is older or younger than Algol? From Wikipedia, it looks like they were both developed around 1957. Was there any overlap in the design?
Does anybody know whether Fortran is older or younger than Algol? From Wikipedia, it looks like they were both developed around 1957. Was there any overlap in the design?
Algol was published in 1958, and FORTRAN in 1957. I think it's fair to say they were developed concurrently.