NYT: Pioneers of the 'Fortran' Programming Language

[Gerry Mckiernan]

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   Ahhhh .. Those  Were the Days! 

Where Have All the Key Punched Cards Gone, Long Time Passing ...[:->]

/Gerry McKiernan
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Iowa State University
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Pioneers of the 'Fortran' Programming Language


By STEVE LOHR

Fortran is often mentioned wistfully by computer scientists as the
first programming language they learned but then abandoned. But
many programming languages rose from the foundation that Fortran
built.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/technology/13LOHR.html?ex=993444873&ei=1&en=e162869ae457430c 

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