FLOW-MATIC

FLOW-MATIC^[1] 是第一種類似於英語拼寫和語法的電子數據處理語言。1955年至1959年，葛麗絲·霍普在雷明頓蘭德公司任職期間為UNIVAC I開發了FLOW-MATIC，並對日後的COBOL的發展起到了推動作用。

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