redw0rm@kerala.party to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agoOver 65 years ago this month, researchers ran the first FORTRAN programmessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1384arrow-down1message-squareOver 65 years ago this month, researchers ran the first FORTRAN programredw0rm@kerala.party to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
This is considered as the beginning of general-purpose programming. ( Image credits : NASA and MIT_CSAIL )
minus-squareWasPentalive@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou don’t really change the compiler itself. You can build up libraries of your own subroutines and link in the ones you need in any particular program, just like you might in C.
You don’t really change the compiler itself. You can build up libraries of your own subroutines and link in the ones you need in any particular program, just like you might in C.