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There were cowboy development, low-level languages such as assembly and
later macro-assembly languages, and then mid-level languages such as COBOL
and FORTRAN.
Small applications were the norm at the start of the decade, but size increased
by the end of the decade. Toward the end of the decade, several newer languages
such as ALGOL, LISP, COBOL, and FORTRAN started to be increasingly used.
Table 5.2 shows approximate numbers of U.S. software applications for the
1960s. The number of applications was starting to expand across all kinds of soft-
ware applications. Software was no longer restricted to scientific and military en-
deavors but indeed was moving into every aspect of human life.
Table 5.2 U.S. Software Applications from 1960 to 1969
All of the major business categories have software applications, and even
games and artistic activities are starting to use software. This would accelerate in
later decades.
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