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// 1957 - FORTRAN
WRITE(*,*) 'Hello, World!'
// 1972 - C
printf("Hello, World!\n");
// 1995 - Java
System.out.println("Hello!");
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1995Java is one of the most influential programming languages ever created. Designed with the philosophy of “Write …
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1964BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming …
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2022Carbon is an experimental programming language designed at Google as a potential successor to C++. Announced publicly in …
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