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Article #621775Re: Who Wrote Fortran IV, Level G?
From: Anne Lynn Wheeler
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:25
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:25
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Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> writes: > I remember it being said that IBM didn't write that compiler itself, but instead > they hired a firm that wrote compilers for computer manufacturers to do that; it > was a firm whose ads I remember seeing in Computerworld, they mentioned that they > used a stack-based technology for their compilers. > > But I can't seem to find or remember the name... > > John Savard I remember Univ. of Chicago had some amount of the contract for Fort G ... but don't remember whether it was everything ... or just runtime libraries. much later STL started subcontracting lots of compiler stuff out ... there was some uproar over lots of internal compiler optimization technology being given to some company. -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970
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