From owner-sc22wg5 Mon Mar 18 22:39:08 2002 Received: from taka.swcp.com (taka.swcp.com [198.59.115.12]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA92920 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:39:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from walt@fortran.com) Received: from fortran.com ([208.1.33.168]) by taka.swcp.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2ILcjp01159; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:38:46 -0700 (MST) Sender: walt@swcp.com Message-ID: <3C965D23.C52C4F10@fortran.com> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:33:23 -0700 From: Walt Brainerd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Metcalf CC: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.2330) Fortran archeology References: <200203181907.UAA92023@dkuug.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You might also consider Peter H. Salus, Editor Handbook of Programming Languages Volume II: Imperative Programming Languages Part I: Fortran (by Walt Brainerd) Section 1 is background (some history and standards development) Section 2 is a brief description of the language. Volume II also has a part on C by Dennis Ritchei (e.g,). And the inside of the front cover has a chart of imperative languages, with Fortran at the top of the chart: the Mother of All Imperative Programming Languages! Michael Metcalf wrote: > > Dear Friends, > It happens quite frequently that people ask on the net about what went > on at some particular epoch of Fortran's existence. I've tried to put > together a brief list of readily-available literature that might help them > to find out (attached). I'd be grateful for any corrections/additions, with > the condition that any addition be reasonably likely to be available in a > good academic library. > > Thanks, > > Mike Metcalf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: history.txt > history.txt Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: quoted-printable -- Walt Brainerd +1-520-256-1455 The Fortran Company +1-520-760-1397 (fax) 11155 E. Mountain Gate walt at fortran dot com Tucson, AZ 85749 USA http://www.fortran.com