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From: bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Sent: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:16 -0700
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Subject: Re: Algol vs Fortran was RE: VHDL vs Verilog
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Let's see--the last standard revision to
FORTRAN was Fortran 2003;
that to Algol was, what, Algol-68?
Umm I still like Fortran IV. I know you can get II or IV for the PDP8.
Here, here. The thing that impressed me about FORTRAN (well, as
as science major, anyway) was that it could do complex numbers as
a *NATIVE* datatype!! Now, I know for you OOP and C++ guys, custom,
exotic datatypes are a dime a dozen. But in 1980, I was sure glad
I could do complex math without all of the extra baggage that would
have been necessary if I had to use, say, BASIC-Plus.
Now I'm all nostalgic. Time to dredge up the the ol' 11/73 from
storage . . . .
-Jeff