From: steve@seesignature.invalid   
      
   On 1/26/2024 3:50 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > Why did it take vendors so long to catch up to FORTRAN 77?   
      
   What makes you think that? VAX-11 FORTRAN V2 (1980) fully supported   
   FORTRAN 77 (published 1978); I was responsible for adding the few   
   remaining run-time features. I know there were other vendors with full   
   F77 compilers in about the same time.   
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   Steve Lionel   
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