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   Lynn McGuire to All   
   Short documentary streamed in 1982 for t   
   07 Jan 26 21:52:46   
   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   Short documentary streamed in 1982 for the 25th anniversary of FORTRAN.   
      
   Documentary:   
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXvyjbWkTyU   
      
   John Backus and other FORTRAN creators speaking about the development of   
   the language and the compiler.   
      
   Preserved written history of FORTRAN:   
       https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/FORTRAN/   
      
   Stolen from   
       https://www.reddit.com/r/fortran/   
      
   Lynn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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