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

[ben]

On 9/22/2015 10:08 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
> 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 language, and considered way out of date by most universities' Comp Sci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?

Often real problems need complex numbers. Comp Sci often ignores real life
problems. Ben.