11 Oct
2005
11 Oct
'05
10:44 p.m.
Re: cards and FORTRAN II.
When it comes to stuff like FORTRAN II, the question comes up: "Whose FORTRAN
II?" There were lots and lots of variants. I seem to recall that 7090 FMS II
FORTRAN had its share of strange things, like punching a "D" in column 1 to get
double-precision arithmetic. Yet the compiler-on-cards hung around for quite a while.
The 1620 certainly had it--and I think a card-based FORTRAN was available for the 360/20,
although it may have been something like USA Basic FORTRAN.
Cheers,
Chuck