#Fortran in the news ... #RetroComputing

[psychotimmy@oldbytes.space]

#Fortran in the news ... #RetroComputing

[matthewbadger@fosstodon.org]

@psychotimmy this is the first time I’ve felt inclined to read an Allister Heath article.

[nop@oldbytes.space]

@psychotimmy ???

[psychotimmy@oldbytes.space]

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[arclight@oldbytes.space]

@psychotimmy Fortran is less of a cult and more of a fraternal order like Freemasons or the Shriners. The Esoteric Order of the IBM 704 Electronic Data-Processing Machine.

[flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange]

@arclight @psychotimmy @brouhaha I’m ready for my fez but the nearest lodge of the Knights of the Lambda Calculus is in Boston. I’ll have better luck on here finding a sponsor for the Knights of the Eastern Calculus

[davefischer@hachyderm.io]

@arclight @psychotimmy I took this photo a few years ago because it's an amusing example of the time span of Fortran. BUT... omg I love the graphic design of those 50s IBM manuals!

[peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange]

@psychotimmy old school programming, big data. ️