Bubacarr SoweOct 15
On This Day In History

Today in 1956, 69 years ago: FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.

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Show threadChris EspinosaOct 15
@onthisday nice
Show threadWilm has moved / is verhuisdOct 15
@onthisday Fortran-77 programs that I wrote in the 80s are still used daily #Fortran forever!
Show threadKaitoOct 15
@onthisday nice
Show threadDave MuthOct 15
@onthisday You can imagine the longbeards 70 years ago, grumbling: "Back in MY day..."
Show threadAndy Linton 🇮🇪  âœ…Oct 15

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I remember when the (electric kool aid) acid test for the phrase "Artificial Intelligence" in a piece of text was to replace it with the phrase "large complicated Fortran program" and see if the text still sounded as attractive/convincing/sexy etc.

It may still be a useful test.