The history of Fortran I, II, and III
Abstract
The article discusses attitudes about "automatic programming", the economics of programming, and existing programming systems, all in the early 1950s. It describes the formation of the Fortran group, its knowledge of existing systems, its plans for Fortran, and the development of the language in 1954. It describes the development of the optimizing compiler for Fortran I, of various language manuals, and of Fortran II and III. It concludes with remarks about later developments and the impact of Fortran and its successors on programming today.
- Publication:
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IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- Pub Date:
- October 1998
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1998IAHC...20d..68B
- Keywords:
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- History;
- Environmental economics;
- Optimizing compilers;
- Decision support systems;
- Automatic programming