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I guess it depends on what real language means to you, but APL[1] existed before and it's fully array based.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_%28programming_language%29



When I writing the comment I was like, maybe APL was first? Nah, no-one will claim that. So congratulations on nerd-sniping me ;)




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