Programming / Languages / Fortran / History — Computers

Fortran 77

A brief history of Fortran 77 with some links.

Fortran I

Images from and discussion of the first Fortran manual, published in October 1956.

Fortran II manual

Manual for the 1958 version of Fortran created by IBM. [PDF]

Fortran Versions

A brief history of Fortran versions 1 to Fortran 95.

History of FORTRAN and FORTRAN II

Pilot project of the Computer History Museum's Software Collection Committee to develop expertise in the collection, preservation, and presentation of historic software. The specific goal of this project was to locate source code, design documents, and other materials concerning the original IBM 704 FORTRAN compiler.

ThoughtCo - Fortran Programming Language

"Short essay by Mary Bellis, part of the ""Inventors of the Modern Computer Series"" series."

Wikipedia: Fortran

An encyclopedia description of Fortran history with many links to programming terms.

Computers

History resources