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   Thomas Koenig to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Short documentary streamed in 1982 f   
   09 Jan 26 22:16:17   
   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   > Short documentary streamed in 1982 for the 25th anniversary of FORTRAN.   
   >   
   > Documentary:   
   >     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXvyjbWkTyU   
      
   Nice video - seeing the peole that I read about in "Abstracting Away   
   The Machine" (which I thoroughly recommend).   
   >   
   > John Backus and other FORTRAN creators speaking about the development of   
   > the language and the compiler.   
      
   The job they did was absolutely amazing - almost inventing   
   everything from scratch.   
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