Title
Fortran: 25th Anniversary
Catalog Number
102645545
Type
Moving image
Description
This short film contains several interviews with Fortran developers, describing the environment and process of Fortran's development at IBM. Interviewees include John Backus and Cuthbert Hurd. The film opens with a text scroll which reads "In 1953 an IBM research project led by John Backus began to develop the world's first high-level programming language for a computer. Its aim was to make computers more accessible, and to create a system that would make programming easier and more economical. This is a story of the creative process at work, told by the people who made it possible. They developed a language. They named it FORTRAN." This version of the film was presented at the National Computer Conference
Date
1982 ca.
Publisher
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Format
VHS
Category
Documentary
