COBOL and FORTRAN, both are pretty old programming language, known for their use-cases. Cobol stands forCommon Business-Oriented Language, whereas FORTRAN stands for Formula Translation. In this article, we will explore the core difference between Cobol and FORTRAN. But, before, we do so, let's quickly take a look at their origin history. FORTRAN was created by John Backus at IBM. He did it in 1957. It was mainly aimed at computers and hence known as a [...]