Advent of Computing

Episode 194 - SpeedCoding Your Way to Software

November 9, 2026·1h 5m
Episode Description from the Publisher

In 1957 John Backus developed FORTRAN. It changed the world of programming forever. It was the first high level programming language to see widespread adoptions. In many ways it shaped what programming looks like today. However, it wasn't the first attempt at a replacement for machine code. In fact, it wasn't even Backus's first attempt. In 1953 he designed SpeedCoding, a strange language you've probably never heard of. Use Speedcode Yourself: https://github.com/WizardOfHaas/Speedcoding Like Advent of Computing? Then check out the after show! Adjunct of Computing is now LIVE: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Join the conversation on the OFFICIAL discord server: https://discord.com/invite/GpFNu3DTU2

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