jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) (12/21/89)
Which was the first 'year' language? I.E., like algol68, fortran66, and forth79 ? I bet it's fortran, but what year?
dtm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Muxworthy) (12/28/89)
In article <6377@wpi.wpi.edu> jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes: >Which was the first 'year' language? I.E., like algol68, fortran66, and >forth79 ? > >I bet it's fortran, but what year? The earliest I know of is Algol 58, a precursor of Algol 60. Fortran preceded that (specification 1954, manual 1955, software release 1957), but when the next version appeared as Fortran II in 1958, the original became known as Fortran I. Fortran 66 only became known as such after Fortran 77 had appeared. Jean Sammett's book "Programming Langauages: History and Fundamentals" (1969) would be the place to check up on this. David Muxworthy University of Edinburgh
fenske@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu (Robert Fenske Jr) (12/28/89)
In article <6377@wpi.wpi.edu> jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes: >Which was the first 'year' language? I.E., like algol68, fortran66, and >forth79 ? > >I bet it's fortran, but what year? Wasn't there an Algol60 ? And I don't know of any Fortran earlier than '66. And wasn't there some Cobol standard before '74? (This is "ancient history" as far as computers go!) -- Robert Fenske, Jr. Sw | The Taming the C*sm*s series: Electromagnetics Division /R---\ | Southwest Research Institute | I | | "The Martian canals were the dfsun1.electro.swri.edu 129.162.160.4 \----/ | Martians' last ditch effort."
amull@Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt) (12/29/89)
In article <6377@wpi.wpi.edu>, jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes: > Which was the first 'year' language? I.E., like algol68, fortran66, and > forth79 ? > > I bet it's fortran, but what year? Bet it's not - Algol 60 (the successor to the first Algol, which did not go by year number...) is earlier than all year-numbered FORTRANs. Note: Some people referred to Algol 60 simply as 'Algol' just as many people often referred to FORTRAN 66 as FORTRAN IV. The first language not to also have a yearless name might well be Algol 68. Later, Andrew Mullhaupt
nam2254@dsacg2.UUCP (Tom Ohmer) (12/29/89)
From article <1479@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu>, by fenske@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu (Robert Fenske Jr): > > Wasn't there an Algol60 ? And I don't know of any Fortran earlier than > '66. And wasn't there some Cobol standard before '74? (This is "ancient > history" as far as computers go!) In 1970 I learned COBOL B, COBOL D, and COBOL H on a Honeywell H-200. It had a drum printer, card reader, teletype console, sense switches, card punch, 4 (noisy) tape drives, and 16k of memory. Took almost a half hour to compile a modestly complex program. We (Erie County, PA Technical School class of '72) were excited when we upgraded to 28k and a (removable platter) disk drive. Yeah, ancient history, alright! :-) -- Tom Ohmer @ Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, DSAC-AMB, Bldg. 27-6, P.O. Box 1605, Columbus, OH 43216-5002 UUCP: osu-cis!dsac!tohmer INTERNET: tohmer@dsac.dla.mil Phone: (614) 238-9210 AUTOVON: 850-9210 Disclaimer claimed
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (12/31/89)
I believe the U.S. Army still uses systems written in Jovial58.
bpendlet@bambam.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) (01/03/90)
From article <33415@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, by oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster):
> I believe the U.S. Army still uses systems written in Jovial58.
Jovial == Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language.
Modulo spelling and memory errors.
I believe that Jovial, like Nelliac, was a dialect of Algol57.
Bob P.
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