a history question

From: Bob (bob_peterson_at_rediffmail.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: 27 Sep 2004 09:29:38 -0700

In the history of C language it is always mentioned that C was the
first platform independent language?
So if this is true then what was the nature of the languages which
were there before C(like Cobol,fortran adn Basic)?
weren't they platform independent?

which platform there were running on?

greetings,
Bob

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