Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:24:02 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

At the risk of planting flame bait <nudge, nudge>, here in North America
Algol was generally considered the domain of computer science weenies,
while FORTRAN and COBOL were used for applications in the Real World
[tm] (science/engineering and business, respectively).
Oh, and don't forget RPG...

When I was exposed to FORTRAN in '65 it was considered as another tool in
an engineer's toolbox like a slide rule on steroids. Purdue had invented
the first US 'computer science' department in '62.