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History of FORTRAN and FORTRAN II
Pilot project of the Computer History Museum's Software Collection Committee to develop expertise in the collection, preservation, and presentation of historic software. The specific goal of this project was to locate source code, design documents, and other materials concerning the original IBM 704 FORTRAN compiler.
WATFOR's Silver Anniversary
Describes the history of WATFOR, a dialect of Fortran, from 1965 to 1990.
Wikipedia: Fortran
An encyclopedia description of Fortran history with many links to programming terms.
Fortran: The First Successful High Level Programming Language
Short essay by Mary Bellis, part of the "Inventors of the Modern Computer Series" series.
Fortran Programming -- The Early Turning Point
Chapter Excerpt from "Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts" by Steve Lohr, discussing the early history of Fortran.
Fortran II manual
Manual for the 1958 version of Fortran created by IBM.
Controversy, Compromise, Modernization: From FORTRAN to Fortran 90
By Jeanne Adams. Describes the evolution of Fortran, focusing on the Fortran 90 standard.
Fortran 66 standard
In PDF format.
IBM 704 Fortran Manual
Manual for the first version of Fortran (1956).
Fortran Versions
A brief history of Fortran versions 1 to Fortran 95.
Fortran 77
A brief history of Fortran 77 with some links.
Fortran I
Images from and discussion of the first Fortran manual, published in October 1956.
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