Yes, assemblers came first, but <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laning_and_Zierler_system> was well before FORTRAN. I' not sure whether to cite the earlier <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankalk%C3%BCl>, as it was never implemented.
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Bernd Oppolzer <bernd.oppol...@t-online.de> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 3:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program. Ok ... not quire correct, but: the first ASSEMBLER languages go back to the years 1947 to 1951, if my sources are right; there was some sort of ASSEMBLER for the 701 (which was available in 1953, IIRC). The first HLL was Fortran, IMO, which should be 1956 ca. So there are some years in the 1950 time frame, where ASSEMBLER was the only choice; that's what I am talking about. IIRC, in the first years of HLLs, there were some debates that HLLs are not usable because of the poor code the compilers generated at that time. This was true even in the 1960s for the first versions of PL/1. Kind regards Bernd Am 06.09.2023 um 17:55 schrieb Seymour J Metz: >> because in the 1950s and 1960s, >> it was the only language we had. > ? > > COBOL > COMIT > FACT > FARGO > FORTRAN > IPL-V > LISP > PL/I > RPG > SNOBOL > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
