Fortran I

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Fortran I

   An early version of {Fortran} designed by {John Backus} at
   {IBM} for the {IBM 704}.  The design was begun in 1954 and a
   {compiler} released in April 1957.

   [Was this the first Fortran?]

   (1995-02-15)