Another popular business language is RPG (Report Program Generator). RPG has always differed in that the programmer specifies certain processing requirements by selecting the desired programming options.

Scientific languages These algebraic formula-type languages are specifically designed to meet typical scientific processing requirements, such as matrix manipulation, precision calculations, iterative processing, the expression and resolution of mathematical equation, and so on.

FORTRAN (Formula Translator), the first procedure-oriented language, was developed in 1955. It was and remains the most popular scientific language.

APL ( A programming language), introduced in 1968, is a symbolic interactive programming language that is popular with engineers, mathematicians, and scientists

Multipurpose languages. Multipurpose languages are equally effective for both business and scientific applications. They are outgrowth of need to simply the programming environment by providing programmers with one language capable of addressing all of an organization’s programming needs. Popular multipurpose languages include C, BASIS, Pascal, PL/I, and Ada.

C programmers, are in the greatest demand. Developers of proprietary packaged software are very interested in C

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