Hello,
On Dec 18, 2007, at 11:41 PM, R. Vowels wrote:
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> The HLL GEORGE by Chales Hamblin was implemented by May 1957.
> Makes it older than FORTRAN.
The "Programmer's Reference Manual", a/k/a "The FORTRAN Automatic
Coding System for the 704" is dated 15 October, 1956. It is available
as scanned PDF on the web.
The compiler was, of course, beta tested extensively at volunteer sites,
before being distributed to all 704 sites in April, 1957.
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Cheers!
Dan Nagle
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