Fortran was one of the first widely adopted "high level" computer languages--before those, computers had to be programmed directly in assembly language, a complicated and laborious process.

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Writing skills, general management experience, technical and computer skills, people smarts, and international experience or language skills are examples of skills with what we call high option value -- that is, they are transferable to a wide range of possible options.

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