Re: Portability of Fortran - was Re: Architectural diversity - was Re: Pair of Twiggys

2017-03-19 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 03/19/2017 02:14 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: > "The Fortran codes implementing the most effective methods are > provided in the included diskette. The codes are portable on virtually > any computer, extensively commented and---hopefully---easy to use." Take a look at early ACM CALGO

Portability of Fortran - was Re: Architectural diversity - was Re: Pair of Twiggys

2017-03-19 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2017-03-17 2:56 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 03/17/2017 11:41 AM, Paul Koning wrote: Not quite true. ALGOL was the first choice for a couple of architectures: Electrologica X8, and the Burroughs 48-bit mainframes. And I supposed you could claim that status for Bliss in the case of