[NJARC] FORTRAN

[john ruccolo]

Hi Bob,

Hey! I think I have an old Popular Electronics
magazine with that story in it! Let me see if I can
find it. Actually, I think it was a Burroughs, not a
UNIVAC. Or maybe this was *another* flood-damaged
computer that was donated to a Univeristy. I'll check.

Regards,

John

--- Robert Carroll <w2wg at comcast.net> wrote:

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> Back around 1964, Ga Tech inherited a UNIVAC which
> had been submerged in a
> hurricane down in New Orleans.  EE students had the
> fun task of cleaning out
> the salt, repairing and restoring the machine. Those
> who signed up for the
> ALGOL class were permitted to submit one deck of
> cards per day.  One mistake
> and it was wait till tomorrow to resubmit.  That was
> the beginning of the
> end for the analog computer classes and labs.  The
> Days of Wine and Roses.
> 
> Bob W2WG
> 
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> On Behalf Of john ruccolo
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NJARC] FORTRAN
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> Hi Al/Rob/Folks,
> 
> Fortran was of course derisively known as FORTRASH.
> I
> used it in college too. It's fine for math stuff,
> not
> much good for much else.
> 
> Not to get too technical, but the article doesn't
> make
> clear that the concept and design and build of a
> *compiler* was the breakthrough, along with the idea
> of high-level computer language. Things we take for
> granted today, like stored-memory programs and
> high-level computer languages, were cutting-edge
> ideas
> at one time.
> 
> I still have a box of latter-day punched cards out
> in
> the garage, marked SPRING '79. Those were the
> days....
> 
> JR
> 
> 
> --- Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:
> 
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> > Rob,
> > 
> > I thought you were younger than that.  It's
> amazing
> > any of us learned 
> > anything that way.
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > Robert Flory wrote:
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> > > Ahh, FORTRAN.  Brings back memories....
> > >
> > > In my freshman year at RPI, I participated in a
> > ritual where I went to the
> > > computer center(formerly the campus chapel) and
> > made an offering of punched
> > > cards.  If "god" was pleased, I received a large
> > printout that had the
> > > desired output.  If not, it said, "SYNTAX ERROR"
> > and I would have to make
> > > another offering.
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > -- 
> > Al Klase - N3FRQ
> > Flemington, NJ
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