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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 24 Sep 2024 23:42:40 GMT
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:24:02 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> At the risk of planting flame bait <nudge, nudge>, here in North America
> Algol was generally considered the domain of computer science weenies,
> while FORTRAN and COBOL were used for applications in the Real World
> [tm] (science/engineering and business, respectively).
> Oh, and don't forget RPG...

When I was exposed to FORTRAN in '65 it was considered as another tool in 
an engineer's toolbox like a slide rule on steroids. Purdue had invented 
the first US 'computer science' department in '62.