Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 01:18:23 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FORTRAN vs. Fortran (was: November 5th is Clang-Day) Message-ID: <CAOgwaMtgUUBeHzd5U6m03Dts5gYmjuCssV%2B2Bm_112yrX5BgyA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121102060818.GB48921@eureka.lemis.com> References: <20121102032945.GF65074@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20121102045917.GA77204@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20121102122103.4afc93e5@X220.ovitrap.com> <20121102060818.GB48921@eureka.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>wrote: > 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 > Very many years ago , when 2010 was a very distant future , I do not remember the name of the writer , who wrote approximately : "In 2010 , there will be Fortran , but a Fortran which may be different ." Now , perhaps unfortunately , there is no any language better than Fortran for the Fortran suitable problems . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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