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From: North_TJ@cc.curtin.edu.au (Tim North)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Dates for the different versions of FORTRAN?
Message-ID: <3093.26c6b1cd@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Date: 13 Aug 90 05:57:33 GMT
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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Hi,
	I'm running a class on various programming languages, and I'm doing a
couple of lectures on FORTRAN. I'm not really sure of the different versions
of FORTRAN that have appeared over the years, though. I'd really appreciate it
if someone could make corrections/additions to the following table:

	1953	FORTRAN I
	19??	FORTRAN II  ?
	19??	FORTRAN III ?
	1966	FORTRAN IV
	1977	FORTRAN 77
	198?	FORTRAN 8X
	1990?   FORTRAN 90  ?

	I'd *really* appreciate it if someone could direct me towards a paper
containing a brief comparison/overview of the different versions or post me 
a brief summary.

Many thanks in advance,
Tim North
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