On 3/17/2018 12:22 PM, Steve Simon <steve(a)quintile.net> wrote:
on the subject of fortran’s language, i remember
hearing tell of a French version. anyone ever meet any?
Yes: here is the French version of the original Fortran manual, with
keywords in French (via
http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/)
Anonymous. FORTRAN Programmation Automatique de L'Ordinateur IBM 704 :
Manuel du Programmeur. IBM France, Institut de Calcul Scientifique,
Paris. No date, 51 pages. Given to Paul McJones by John Backus.
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Fortran/102663111.05.01.a…