When FORTRAN was introduced, programs were typically ..... times shorter than the equivalent code in assembly

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When FORTRAN was introduced, programs were typically ____ times shorter than the equivalent code in assembly

A	50
B	20
C	5
D	100

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -From its creation in 1954, and its commercial release in 1957 as the progenitor of software, Fortran (FORMula TRANslator) became the first computer language standard, “helped open the door to modern computing, ” and may well be the most influential software product in history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conclusion. The oldest programming languages that are still in use are FORTRAN, LISP, COBOL, BASIC, SQL and C. All these languages are still very important in computing and have been adapted over the years to support more modern languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -FORTRAN used words and syntax and employed a compiler to translate those sentences into assembly language or machine code that the computer could understand.

Detailed explanation-4: -BASIC (beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code) was designed at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960s by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. It was intended to be easy to learn by novices, particularly non-computer science majors, and to run well on a time-sharing computer with many users.

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