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== Notes ==

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== References ==

*[[John Backus|Backus, John]], [http://community.computerhistory.org/scc/projects/FORTRAN/paper/p4-backus.pdf "The IBM 701 Speedcoding System"], Journal of the ACM (JACM), Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 1954), pp. 4-6,

*{{cite book |last=Sammet|first=Jean E.|title=Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals|publisher=Prentice-Hall|date=1969}}

==See also==

*[[Fortran]]

*[[History of programming languages]]

*[[Short Code]]

*[[Code bloat]]

[[Category:Imperative programming languages]]