6 Jul
2016
6 Jul
'16
3:16 p.m.
On 07/06/2016 01:47 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
Depends what you mean by "word processor".
If you mean 'software
intended to format text', you need to look back to things like TJ2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ-2
and 'runoff', both circa 1963. Much earlier than any of the 'word
processors' this person wrote about.
I remember punching my documents on an 026 then running a FORTRAN
formatter. Of course, there were many escape codes conventions in the
formatter for stuff like boldface, underlining, tables, word-wrap
suppression, "widow" control, etc.
I wasn't unique in this--indeed the whole practice predates integrated
circuits, I suspect.
Perhaps the author counts only WYSIWYG-type wapros and that things like
the MT/ST don't count either.
--Chuck