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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by toomanybeersies on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:11AM (#12853873)
I'm gonna need a source on that.

The first actual formalised and widely used programming language was FORTRAN in the 50's.

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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by pklausler on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:08PM (#12856283)
Which just had its 60th birthday a couple weeks ago.
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