<human>:  Why is the Fortran programming language called Fortran?
<bot>: It’s named after the mathematician John Backus, who invented the language. Backus was the first to propose a standardized way of writing programs in a language that could be compiled and run on different computers. He wanted the language to be easy to read and write, and to be able to represent the mathematical concepts and algorithms in a way that could be easily understood by others.