Web Directory

» Controversy, Compromise, Modernization: From FORTRAN to Fortran 90
   By Jeanne Adams. Describes the evolution of Fortran, focusing on the Fortran 90 standard.
   http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/tcg/consweb/Fortran90/scnhist.html

» Fortran 66 Standard
   Scanned copy of the ANSI document.
   http://www.fh-jena.de/~kleine/history/languages/ansi-x3dot9-1966-Fortran66.pdf

» Fortran 77
   A brief history of Fortran 77 with some links.
   http://www.liv.ac.uk/HPC/HTMLF90Course/HTMLF90CourseNotesnode29.html#SECTION00031000000000000000

» Fortran I
   Images from and discussion of the first Fortran manual, published in October 1956.
   http://www.paulgraham.com/history.html

» Fortran II manual
   Manual for the 1958 version of Fortran created by IBM.
   http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/704/C28-6000-2_704_FORTRANII.pdf

» Fortran Programming -- The Early Turning Point
   Chapter Excerpt from "Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts" by Steve Lohr, discussing the early history of Fortran.
   http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/Fortran.htm

» Fortran Versions
   A brief history of Fortran versions 1 to Fortran 95.
   http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/fortran/ch1-1.html

» Fortran: The First Successful High Level Programming Language
   Short essay by Mary Bellis, part of the "Inventors of the Modern Computer Series" series.
   http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa072198.htm

» 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 ot
   http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/

» IBM 704 Fortran Manual
   Manual for the first version of Fortran (1956).
   http://www.fortran.com/ibm.html

» The Fortran (Not the Foresight) Saga
   An essay by Brian Meek which documents the creation of the Fortran 90 standard.
   http://www.fortran.com/fortran/forsaga.html

» Who Was Who in IBM's Programming Research?
   Sketches of early FORTRAN programmers, by Bob Bemer.
   http://mercury.ccil.org/~remlaps/www.bobbemer.com/PRORES.HTM

» Wikipedia: Fortran
   An encyclopedia description of Fortran history with many links to programming terms.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran