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

[Jay Jaeger]

On 9/22/2015 10:44 PM, ben wrote:

> On 9/22/2015 7:31 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 language, and considered way out of date by most universities' Comp Sci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.
> 
> Until you needed compled err complex numbers.
> 
> Ben.
> 

Huh?