FORTRAN - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ 'In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler' - another copy

2024-12-06T11:57:46Z

‎External links: 'In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler' - another copy

2024-11-19T08:52:39Z

‎Versions and Dialects: "RATFIV" added

2023-04-08T13:01:26Z

Popular FORTRAN program "SPICE" added

2023-03-24T15:10:41Z

Links to "VAX FORTRAN" and "TREK7" added

2022-06-13T09:46:39Z

‎External links: +History of FORTRAN and FORTRAN II

2022-06-13T09:30:14Z

‎External links: +In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler

2018-02-01T13:35:03Z

‎Popular Fortran Programs

2018-02-01T13:34:01Z

‎Popular Fortran Programs: Not the original Zork

2017-11-11T17:19:30Z

Avoid redir

2017-11-06T22:15:17Z

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 ==External links==
-* [http://ed-thelen.org/FortranHistories/1%20Paul%20McJones%20-%20In%20Searchof%20the%20Original%20FORTRAN%20compiler.pdf In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler]
+* [http://ed-thelen.org/FortranHistories/1%20Paul%20McJones%20-%20In%20Searchof%20the%20Original%20FORTRAN%20compiler.pdf In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler] <!-- https://annals-extras.org/anecdotes/writing/mcjones-fortran.pdf -->
 * [https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/ History of FORTRAN and FORTRAN II]
 [[Category: Languages]]

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 * FORTRAN III (internal to IBM)
-* RATFOR (FORTRAN with modern [[control flow]])
+* [[RATFOR]] (FORTRAN with modern [[control flow]])
 == Hello World ==

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 *[[TREK7]]
 *[[Whetstone]]
 ==External links==

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 *[[Watcom Fortran]]<br>
 *[[Microsoft Fortran]]<br>
 == Popular Fortran Programs ==
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 *[[Snoopy Calendar]]
 *Bob Supnik ported [[Zork]] to Fortran
 *[[Whetstone]]

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		+	* [https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/ History of FORTRAN and FORTRAN II]

	[[Category: Languages]]		[[Category: Languages]]

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		+	* [http://ed-thelen.org/FortranHistories/1%20Paul%20McJones%20-%20In%20Searchof%20the%20Original%20FORTRAN%20compiler.pdf In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler]
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 '''FORTRAN''' (the name is short for "FORmula TRANslator") refers to an evolutionary series of versions of a [[programming language]], one which dates back to 1954 (the first version was released for use in early 1957); if not quite the earliest days of computers, it was one of the first computer languages.
-It was initially developed by [[IBM]] for the [[IBM 704]], for use in writing mathematical applications, primarily in scientific and engineering disciplines. Although it has been broadened since its early days to include other capabilities, that always remained its principal area of use.
+It was initially developed by [[International Business Machines|IBM]] for the [[IBM 704]], for use in writing mathematical applications, primarily in scientific and engineering disciplines. Although it has been broadened since its early days to include other capabilities, that always remained its principal area of use.
 It was an extremely important step in the evolution of computers, since it allowed [[end-user]]s to write their own programs, instead of having to interact with professional [[programmer]]s to use computers.

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−	'''FORTRAN''' (the name is short for "FORmula TRANslator") refers to an evolutionary series of versions of a programming language, one which dates back to 1954 (the first version was released for use in early 1957); if not quite the earliest days of computers, it was one of the first computer languages.	+	'''FORTRAN''' (the name is short for "FORmula TRANslator") refers to an evolutionary series of versions of a [[programming language]], one which dates back to 1954 (the first version was released for use in early 1957); if not quite the earliest days of computers, it was one of the first computer languages.

	It was initially developed by [[IBM]] for the [[IBM 704]], for use in writing mathematical applications, primarily in scientific and engineering disciplines. Although it has been broadened since its early days to include other capabilities, that always remained its principal area of use.		It was initially developed by [[IBM]] for the [[IBM 704]], for use in writing mathematical applications, primarily in scientific and engineering disciplines. Although it has been broadened since its early days to include other capabilities, that always remained its principal area of use.