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Short Code Lost

Short Code
KindProgramming language
Appeared1950
Ended1953
StatusLost
CreatorJohn Mauchly / Remington Rand
FamilyIndependent
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

The first high-level language actually run on a computer — interpreted equations as pairs of byte codes on the BINAC and UNIVAC. No implementation survives; the listings are gone.

Created by John Mauchly

Short Code — written by John Mauchly in 1949 for the BINAC — was the first high-level language actually executed, translating algebraic expressions into machine code instruction by instruction.\n\nNo complete implementation survives; the language is documented through Mauchly's papers and Grace Hopper's later accounts. It is the Atlas's canonical 'lost' language.

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Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Code_(computer_language)