Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:08:18 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: FORTRAN vs. Fortran (was: November 5th is Clang-Day) Message-ID: <20121102060818.GB48921@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20121102122103.4afc93e5@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <20121102032945.GF65074@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20121102045917.GA77204@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20121102122103.4afc93e5@X220.ovitrap.com>
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--/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 2 November 2012 at 12:21:03 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:59:17 -0700 > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: >> >> BTW, the name of the language is "Fortran". It's been "Fortran" >> for the last 30-something years. > > I never realised the name change. It seems that I am not alone with > this. Nor I. Looking at the Wikipedia page, I discover that it had been spelt "Fortran" as early as 1956, and there's even a copy of the 1956 Fortran manual online: http://www.fortran.com/FortranForTheIBM704.pdf Interesting reading. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCTY1IACgkQIubykFB6QiMkSACdHTE7hecIW0x89HRAyQ0gmJ7s l/EAn36gwhQq0kH1/TkXxz9yffkqZAEi =L5vc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO--
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