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COMTRAN

COMTRAN (COMmercial TRANslator) is an early programming language developed at IBM. It was intended as the business programming equivalent of the scientific programming language FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator). It served as one of the forerunners to the COBOL language. Developed by Bob Bemer, in 1957, the language was the first to feature the programming…

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Programming languageIBMFORTRANCOBOLBob Bemer
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Bob Bemer
First appeared
1957 (1957)

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Contributions to COBOL

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COMTRAN

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COMTRAN

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related to Contributions to COBOL · 12
COMTRAN → Assigning, AT ENDclause, COBOL, Figurative, GO TO's, Paragraph, Paragraphing, Passing, Picture, RETURN-CODE, Several, VALUE
Developer · 1
COMTRAN → Bob Bemer
First appeared · 1
COMTRAN → 1957 (1957)
related to Sample program · 1
COMTRAN → This

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COMTRANDeveloperBob Bemer1.00infobox
COMTRANFirst appeared1957 (1957)1.00infobox
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLSeveral0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLCOBOL0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLPicture0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLParagraphing0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLParagraph0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLAssigning0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLGO TO's0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLAT ENDclause0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLFigurative0.60section
COMTRANrelated to Contributions to COBOLVALUE0.60section

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