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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Subject: Re: Dates for the different versions of FORTRAN?
Message-ID: <1990Aug13.163352.19634@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Summary: A few corrections to original list
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
References: <3093.26c6b1cd@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 90 16:33:52 GMT

In article <3093.26c6b1cd@cc.curtin.edu.au> North_TJ@cc.curtin.edu.au (Tim
North) writes:
>	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  ?

FORTRANs 8X and 90 are the same draft ANSI/ISO standard.  The latest
FORTRAN standard was originally expected to be completed in the late
80's, but it didn't happen so it's now being referred to (somewhat
optimistically, I think) as FORTRAN 90.

You could add to your list FORTRAN 66.  I believe that the ANSI
specified language by this name was thought of as distinct from FORTRAN
IV.  The latter was generally taken to mean F66 with some extensions,
but I'm not sure on this point.  (I'm not old enough to remember.)  We
had a FORTRAN IV compiler at my last school that certainly included many
features that were not part of the F66 standard.

				Sincerely,

                                Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca