IITRAN is a discontinued programming language created in the mid-1960s and designed as a first language for students. The primary designer of the language, William S. Worley, also contributed to the design of PL/I, and the two languages have similar syntax. The name derives from Illinois Institute of Technology, where it was developed.
The IITRAN language was initially implemented for IBM 7040, with a compiler made available to students in 1964. This was followed shortly by an IBM System/360 implementation in 1966, for which the language was partially redesigned by a committee led by Dr. Peter G. Lykos. In the early 1970s, a compiler was developed for the Univac 1108 platform.
IITRAN was designed and developed in response to the increasing demand for a computer language which would meet the following specifications:
(Bauer, p. V)
There was a Spanish language version of IITRAN at IIT as well. It utilized Spanish keywords rather than English ones. For example, the keyword read was replaced by leer.
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