A Brief Description and Comparison of Programming Languages FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL, and LISP 1.5 From a Critical Standpoint
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Technical Memorandum 33-566
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY – CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Reproduced by NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE – U S Department of Commerce
Author: F. P. Mathur

September 15, 1972

Several common higher level program languages are described. FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL, PL/I, and LISP 1.5 are summarized and compared. FORTRAN is the most widely used scientific programming language. ALGOL is a more powerful language for scientific programming. COBOL is used for most commercial programming applications. LISP 1.5 is primarily a list-processing language. PL/I attempts to combine the desirable features of FORTRAN, ALGOL, and COBOL into a single language.

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