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The birth of the FORTRAN II subroutine

By comparing three versions of the memo (unsigned, but believed written by Irv Ziller) “Proposed Specifications for FORTRAN II for the 704″, dated August 28, September 25, and November 18, 1957, you can watch the design of the subroutine feature of FORTRAN II unfold.

Also: separate compilation.

By Ehud Lamm at 2005-08-22 12:38 | History | Software Engineering | other blogs | 7296 reads