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| Paradigm | imperative |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Remington Rand, Grace Hopper |
| First appeared | 1955 |
| Platform | UNIVAC I |
| Influenced by | |
| ARITH-MATIC, Laning and Zierler system | |
| Influenced | |
| MATH-MATIC, AIMACO, COBOL | |
FLOW-MATIC, originally known as B-0 (Business Language version 0), was the first English-like data processing language. It was developed for the UNIVAC I at Remington Rand under Grace Hopper from 1955 to 1959, and helped shape the development of COBOL.