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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 08:13:59 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:   
      
   > I spent a couple of years writing FORTRAN for the 1130. They called   
   > it FORTRAN IV, but it was more like III.V, but still better than OS   
   > FORTRAN at the time. Later I worked on an XDS Sigma system, and   
   > their FORTRAN was great (as you'd expect with its SDS heritage). At   
   > the time I liked the language, but I always preferred PL/I.   
      
   When PL/I was still under development, at one point it was going to be   
   called “FORTRAN VI”.   
      
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