Speedcoding

Programming language

Softwareprogramming language procedural programming languageQ7475416

Also known as Speedcode

Developer: IBM
, John Backus
Founded: 1953

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Speedcoding, Speedcode or SpeedCo was the first high-level programming language created for an IBM computer. The language was developed by John W. Backus in 1953 for the IBM 701 to support computation with floating point numbers.

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Designed by: John Backus
Programming paradigm: structured programming
procedural programming
object-oriented programming
generic programming
Typing discipline: manifest typing
strong typing
static typing
Influenced by: assembly language

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