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===Fortran===

[[FORTRAN]] (1958) was unveiled as "The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating system." It firstwas compileddesigned correctlyfor inscientific 1958calculations, without [[String (computer science)|string]] handling facilities.<ref name="cpl_3rd-ch2-16">{{citeAlong with ''declarations'', ''expressions'' and ''statements'', it booksupported:

| last = Wilson

| first = Leslie B.

| title = Comparative Programming Languages, Third Edition

| publisher = Addison-Wesley

| year = 2001

| page = 16

| isbn = 0-201-71012-9

}}</ref> It was designed for scientific calculations, without [[String (computer science)|string]] handling facilities. Along with ''declarations'', ''expressions'' and ''statements'', it supported:

* [[Array data structure|arrays]].

* [[subroutine]]s.