(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4197) 43 Fortran compilers

[Loren P Meissner]

I wrote my Ph D thesis at Berkeley in 1964, partly supported by a Fortran
calculation (on IBM 704, as I recall, but maybe 701).

Loren P Meissner
(Have you ever imagined a world without hypothetical situations?)

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From: j3-bounces at j3-fortran.org [mailto:j3-bounces at j3-fortran.org] On Behalf
Of David Muxworthy
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:47 AM
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Subject: (j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4197) 43 Fortran compilers

One or two people seemed surprised when I said at the WG5 meeting that there
were 43 Fortran compilers in the early 1960s.  The figure was taken from
Oswald, H. (1964), 'The various Fortrans', Datamation vol 10 (August), pp
25-29.  Oswald was reviewing 16 different Fortran systems.  I think I also
said outside the meeting that the first Fortran on a non-IBM machine was in
1961-2.  In fact it was in 1960 on a Philco 2000, but not called Fortran.
The first non-IBM 'Fortran' was on a Univac SS80 in 1961.

David
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