19 Mar
2018
19 Mar
'18
7:47 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 09:58:48AM -0700, Steve Johnson wrote:
Here is the FORTRAN story as I remember it.
[much removed for brevity]
By 1986 it became clear to me that I loved development
but that AT&T
was never going to make it in the computer business.?? I accepted a
job in California at a startup.?? Less than a month after I left, the
FORTRAN optimizer (by now almost ready to ship) was cancelled.?? ??A
couple of months later, it was revived and finally went to market.
I'm told that six months after that it was the best selling language
product...
Isn't it amusing (aka depressing) how some stuff has to be crammed down
people's throats?