On 9/22/2015 10:08 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
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language, and considered way out of date by most universities' Comp Sci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?
Often real problems need complex numbers. Comp Sci often ignores real life
problems. Ben.
