7 May
2010
7 May
'10
3:34 p.m.
At 05:16 PM 5/7/2010, Fred Cisin wrote:
1954 Backus at IBM if I recall correctly.
Google doesn't show any mention by Backus "written from scratch" of
Valtrep, and, in fact NO mention of Valtrep by anybody not named "Dan".
Googling with the single word in quotes helps filter:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Valtrep%22
Yes, there aren't any relevant. But here's one.
http://www.citeulike.org/group/162/article/269986
And "Dan" mentions "I was using Valtrep in 1986 on a Sentry-70.
Valtrep has been called the predecessor to Fortran."
http://www.keyongtech.com/4601529-anyone-for-help-with-dec/2
- John