Question

Which of the following computer languages is a mathematically oriented language used for scientific problems?

(1) FORTRAN
(2) COBOL
(3) LISP
(4) PROLOG
(5) ANDROID

Answer 1

FORTRAN

Fortran is a general-purpose programming language that is suited to numeric and scientific computing.

Answer 2

Answer:

According to the computer science, FORTRAN is a mathematically oriented language which is used for solving scientific problems. FORTRAN stands for formula Translation.

Explanation:

FORTRAN is a first high level programming language. It was developed by john Backus in 1954. The latest version of FORTRAN series is FORTRAN 95. This is a commercial language which is used for formula translation. Here compiler converts Fortran to assembly language so that computer can understand the instructions. FORTRAN become popular among scientist and mathematicians, but it was not so good for business purpose.