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Line 1: ~~"The language is still in use in 2001 and is therefore the oldest programming language still currently in use (as of writing in 2001)."~~ Actually Fortran is older by about 2 years, and is still in serious use. Not many (if any) modern Fortran programs are actually compatible with the original version of Fortran, but that is probably true for LISP as well. ----▼ ~~Cobol is still used to some extent and is about the same age as LISP. I could probably be talked into believing LISP is a few months older.~~ Yes, I deliberately stuck my neck out on that one. It did cause me to go and do some research though. You didn't even attempt to back up your Fortran claim but it appears to be true! --drj▼ ~~There may be a few ALGOL programs still out there doing useful work in some obscure part of Europe, and again, ALGOL is about the same age as LISP, perhaps slightly older.~~ This article no longer states that LISP is older. [[Programming language timeline]] actually places ALGOL and LISP before FORTRAN. Reasoning should be continued on [[Programming language timeline/Talk\|that page's /Talk]]. ▲---- ▲Yes, I deliberately stuck my neck out on that one. It did cause me to go and do some research though. You didn't even attempt to back up your Fortran claim but it appears to be true! --drj

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