This Month In the History of Information Technologies

This Month In the History of Information Technologies

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Developing COBOL

Developing COBOL

A portable programming language

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May 28, 2023
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Today in 1959, a meeting was held at the Pentagon, started the development of a common programming language for business, eventually called COBOL or Common Business Oriented Language.

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