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Thread #100085 Message #2002983
Posted By: Mr Red
21-Mar-07 - 08:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Developer of FORTRAN dies
Subject: RE: BS: Developer of FORTRAN dies
Old computer language inventors never die they just
GOTO HELL
Oh I remember FORTRAN and that's how we wrote it. Pretty sure it was "ver IV", Caius Julius Ceaser was on the throne then. '68 if my memory .... (16K of core -recently upgraded from 4K! and you were proud of it too- try telling that to young people today - and they'll just laugh) - ........ serves me
As I remember it was pretty frustrating - coding on sheets, having it punched on tape waiting a week for the results because "Data Processing Dept" (no IT then) had priority.