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Autocode Dead

Autocode
KindProgramming language
Appeared1952
Ended1955
StatusDead
CreatorAlick Glennie / University of Manchester
FamilyIndependent
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

The first fully-fledged compiled language — Glennie's Autocode compiled to machine code on the Manchester Mark 1 in 1952, three years before FORTRAN.

Created by Alick Glennie

Alick Glennie's Autocode (1952) for the Manchester Mark 1 was the first 'autocode' — a simple algebraic notation compiled to machine code, predating FORTRAN by five years.\n\nThe term 'autocode' became generic; Glennie's Mark 1 version and Brooker's later Manchester Autocode are the ancestors of every high-level scientific notation.

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Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocode