22 Sep
2015
22 Sep
'15
6:49 p.m.
On 09/22/2015 06:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
So, B was never actually a FORTRAN compiler, just Ken
started
thinking about FORTRAN grammar and within one DAY took off in a
different direction. By that time (1969 or so) FORTRAN was a really
old language, and considered way out of date by most universities'
Comp Sci departments.
Which is why C started out with a COMPLEX data type...NOT. FORTRAN can
run on a much wider variety of machines than can C.
C was nothing more than a bare step up from assembly.
--Chuck