# FORTRAN

From @john-backus's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@john-backus.md](/@john-backus.md)

Backus led the IBM team that created FORTRAN, demonstrating that high-level programming could produce efficient machine code for scientific work.

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