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FLOW-MATIC
KindProgramming language
Appeared1955
Ended1959
StatusDead
CreatorGrace Hopper / Remington Rand
FamilyIndependent
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Hopper's English-like business language for the UNIVAC — the direct ancestor of COBOL's prose-like syntax and its three-word-phrase verbs.

Created by Grace Hopper
Influenced COBOL

FLOW-MATIC (1955–58) was Grace Hopper's English-like business language for UNIVAC — 'the first business English compiler' — designed so accountants could write programs without learning notation.\n\nIt directly influenced COBOL's English-syntax design; the CODASYL committee's language is recognizably FLOW-MATIC's descendant.

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  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOW-MATIC