Multiple choice technology programming languages

The first-ever optimizing compiler was written to support which high-level programming language?

  1. Cobol

  2. Fortran

  3. C

  4. LISP
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The first optimizing compiler was developed for Fortran in the late 1950s. This compiler introduced optimization techniques that became fundamental to compiler design. COBOL, C, and LISP came later.

Keep practicing — related questions