22 Sep
2015
22 Sep
'15
1:22 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 01:07:14PM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
And Unix was no different, 'C' started out as a Fortran compiler.
what an F77 programmer might recognize as
FORTRAN.
Wouldn't an F77 programmer be looking for Fortran, not FORTRAN?
But back in the 60's, every manufacturer had
its own variety of FORTRAN,
including (IIRC), UNIVAC's own "FORTRAN V".
Ah, yes. I remember
WatFor FORTRAN II in general was a free-for-all, varying
between
machines from the same manufacturer.
I hadn't been using FORTRAN long when I was thrown into PDQ FORTRAN.