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Speedcoding

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Also known as Speedcode

Speedcoding, Speedcode or SpeedCo was the first high-level programming language created for an IBM computer. The language was developed by John W. Backus in 1953 for the IBM 701 to support computation with floating point numbers.

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Developer
John Backus
Designed by
John Backus
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inception
1953-01-01
programming paradigm
generic programming
typing discipline
static typing
influenced by
assembly language
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