On 9/22/2015 10:44 PM, ben wrote: > On 9/22/2015 7:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > >> So, B was never actually a FORTRAN compiler, just Ken started thinking >> about FORTRAN grammar and within one DAY took off in a different >> direction. By that time (1969 or so) FORTRAN was a really old >> language, and considered way out of date by most universities' Comp Sci >> departments. > > Until you needed compled err complex numbers. > > Ben. >
Huh?