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by andsoitis 627 days ago
> LISP and Fortran predate COBOL IIRC.

Correct. Fortran, LISP, and COBOL were invented in ‘57, ‘58, and ‘59, respectively.
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jll29 627 days ago
> Yes, but the ideas behind COBOL were older still. Flowmatic, COBOL’s predecessor, dates back to 1955, so it really just depends how you count.

Yes. but the ideas behind LISP were older still: Church's typed lambda calulus was conceived in 1936.

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moomin 627 days ago
Yes, but the ideas behind COBOL were older still. Flowmatic, COBOL’s predecessor, dates back to 1955, so it really just depends how you count.
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