Which statement about FORTRAN is incorrect?

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6 Jul 2021
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FORTRAN was specifically designed for scientific and mathematical tasks, making it a problem-oriented language. It also requires detailed internal documentation. However, the statement that it is not one of the oldest high-level languages is false, as FORTRAN is indeed one of the earliest high-level programming languages developed.

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