LINEAR PROGRAMMING
Consider the case of Linear Programming:
The first large scale computer became a practical reality in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania.
This was just one year before the development of simplex.
The simplex method for linear programming consists only of a few steps and these steps require only the most basic mathematical operations which a computer is well suited to handle.
However, these steps must be repeated over and over before one finally obtains an answer.
The first successful computer solution of a LP problem was in January 1952 on the National Bureau of Standards SEAC computer.