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Re: [Poll] Computing favorities

From	Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: [Poll] Computing favorities
Date	2015-09-17 08:29 -0400
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On 16/09/2015 1:01 PM, Alan Bowler wrote:
> On 2015-08-30 1:41 PM, Gerard Schildberger wrote:
>> Kingston FORTRAN II used a software simulated floating point and it
>> compiled at reader speed --- except for real hairy statements that
>> spanned several cards. You could hear the card reader pause for a
>> half-second, then continue.
>
> Kingston Fortran , would use the floating point hardware if it was
> available.  It was definitely a lot faster than the IBM compiler. If
> I recall correctly, it did not however support anything like the
> FANDK control card to set a different precision.
>
> Aside, both Walter Banks and I used to work with Prof. Jim Field who
>  had been one of the Kingston Fortran authors years before.

Jim also worked on UT Fortran for the 1620 as an undergrad before he
went to Queens and was one of the main authors of Kingstran. After that
experience he did very little compiler development in his career.

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Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Alan Bowler <atbowler@thinkage.ca> - 2015-09-16 13:01 -0400
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