On 11/02/2012 05:21 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:08:18 +1100 > From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog_at_freebsd.org> > To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist_at_ovitrap.com> > Subject: FORTRAN vs. Fortran (was: November 5th is Clang-Day) > > 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. > > come on guys, fortran is not case sensitive... caNyO usti llputw hitespa cewhere ever you like in for TraN?Received on Fri Nov 02 2012 - 11:42:48 UTC
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