Dusty Decks » John Backus http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks Preserving historic software Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 WIRED appreciates FORTRAN http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2009/10/14/106/ http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2009/10/14/106/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:16:41 +0000 Paul McJones http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/?p=106 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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