Structured Fortran - was Re: Self modifying code, lambda calculus

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Tue Sep 22 15:07:14 CDT 2015


On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> 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.





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