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_at_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_at_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
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