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Fortran Histories
In June 2018, Loren P Meissner < LPMeissner @ msn . com > provided a thumb drive of Fortran information
and this table of contents
- Contents of Flash Drive (this page)
- Summary of Loren's 10 Jun (2018) talk
- Reunion 2018: (docx-files; not included here) also pdf versions of large files
- Paul McJones: "In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler" (Museum 2003)
- Loren Meissner: "The Fortran Story Retold" (selected reprints): 78 pages
- Early Fortran history from ANNALS 1984 (also in "Fortran Story Retold")
- Frank Engel: Fortran 77 Valedictory (also in "(Fortran Story Retold")
- Craig Dedo: "Debunking Fortran Myths" (2011)
- Handouts at 2018 meeting
- Page 1: Contents of Flash Drive
- Page 2: San Francisco Bay Area map
- Early Fortran Standards to Fortran 77
- Pages 3 - 4: History of Fortran Standardization 1962 to 1978
(based on Martin Greenfield 1987 in "Fortran Story Retold")- Fortran Standards to Fortran 2008 (including 1988 Crisis)
- Page 5: Fortran Forum 1988 excerpt (John Reid)
- Page 6: "Fortran Story Retold" Table of Contents
- Computer History Museum Archives
- Pages 7 - 8: "What You Won't See" (Our Museum Archives donations)
- Fortran Crisis 1988
- Van Snyder - Donation - explanation
- John Reid - Fortran Forum 1988 Dec 06 report
- Michael Metcalf: "The Battle for F90" (also in "Fortran Story Retold")
- Fortran Standardization Donations, at Museum Archives location
- Museum Archives donation summary
- Standardization Documents (Photos of donation boxes) 30 pages
- Fortran Standardization at CHM Archives (PowerPoint) 9 slides
- Museum Donation Lists
- Reunion Photos 2000 Nov 13 (Not included here)