The FORTRAN Programming Language. History. One of the oldest programming languages, the FORTRAN was developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus, and was first published in 1957. The name FORTRAN is an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, because it was designed to allow easy translation of math formulas into code.
Al Gore, though not divorced from wife Tipper, confirmed he is indeed dating environmental activist Elizabeth Keadle. âI donât want to get into my personal life, but weâre a couple,â the 66-year-old former presidential candidate told Politico.
The Gores had just celebrated their 40th anniversary weeks before and bought an $8.8 million ocean view mansion in California in late April. The Al Gore cheating scandal, which erupted on Tuesday, came as no surprise to some in Washington. Rumors of former Vice President Al Goreâs extramarital affairs have been whispered in D.C. for many years, but fondness for Tipper and loyalty to Gore has protected him.