The Language Wars: FORTRAN vs COBOL, ALGOL and BASIC

Once FORTRAN proved high-level code could work, everyone rushed in — Dartmouth BASIC, COBOL for the accountants, ALGOL for the scientists, and the arguments that shaped every language since.

Playlist by @birth_of_fortran

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. ALGOL 60 at 60 - Computerphile — Computerphile
2. ALGOL 68 Instead of Pascal? - Computerphile — Computerphile
3. Birth of BASIC — Dartmouth
4. COBOL in 100 seconds — Fireship
5. The Plight Of Cobol Mainframe Programmers — The PrimeTime
6. The Infrastructure Trap: Why COBOL is Immortal — CodeSource
7. Bjarne Stroustrup: Journey to C++ from Fortran, Algol, Simula, and C — Lex Fridman
8. History of Programming Languages | Brian Kernighan and Lex Fridman — Lex Clips
9. High Level Languages & the IBM 360 Series - Computerphile — Computerphile
10. The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore — Coding with Dee
11. FORTRAN: STILL DESTROYING MODERN LANGUAGES — THE NET JOURNAL
12. The Java Story | The Official Documentary — CultRepo