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Which is the first successful high level programming language?
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FORTRAN
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FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation), developed by IBM and John Backus's team and released in 1957, was the first widely successful high-level programming language. It enabled scientists and engineers to write code using mathematical notation rather than assembly or machine code. C (1970s) and C++ (1980s) came decades later, while QBASIC was a 1990s educational language.