WIRED appreciates FORTRAN

WIRED‘s THIS DAY IN TECH feature for tomorrow is
Oct. 15, 1956: Fortran Forever Changes Computing’s Fortunes.

The article links to the Software Preservation Group FORTRAN web site and uses a photograph of John Backus and John Cocke from a souvenir matchbook cover from Capt. Starn’s Restaurant and Bar in Atlantic City, New Jersey, year unknown:

John Backus and John Cocke at Capt' Starn's Restaurant and Bar, Atlantic City, New Jersey

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