Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site cae780.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!cae780!gordon From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Request for computer science bloope Message-ID: <1207@cae780.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 21:08:50 EDT Article-I.D.: cae780.1207 Posted: Fri Aug 9 21:08:50 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 06:36:52 EDT References: <115@uw-june> <53100120@trsvax> Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Organization: Tektronix, Inc. (CAE Systems Division), Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 16 In article <53100120@trsvax> wkb@trsvax writes: > After FORTRAN (short for FORmula TRANslation) became popular, the University >of Waterloo decided to write their own version, calling it "WATFOR" presumably >meaning "WATerloo FORmula translation". When they came out with a revision of >the compiler, it was naturally called WATFIV. Not quite complete, though. After all, the new Fortran it was modeling was Fortran IV, so the WATFIV interprets well either way. FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc. UUCP: {ihnp4, decvax!decwrl}!amd!cae780!gordon {nsc, resonex, qubix, hplabs, leadsv, teklds}!cae780!gordon USNAIL: 1333 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 [until we move ... soon] AT&T: (408)745-1440 Down 44 1/4 pounds, and counting ...