Programming in the 1950s: A Look at the Most Popular Languages

From FORTRAN and COBOL to LISP and ALGOL, a retrospective on the programming languages that shaped the decade

In the 1950s, the world of computer programming was transformed with the development and widespread adoption of many popular programming languages that are still in use today, including FORTRAN, COBOL, and LISP. Photo by Valentin Petkov on Unsplash

The 1950s were a time of great advancement in the field of computer programming. Many popular programming languages that are still in use today were developed or gained…