Re: Jovial (J3 or J73 ??)

Robert.Corbett@Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Corbett)
Wed, 14 Sep 1994 15:01:33 GMT

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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 15:01:33 GMT

>[Jovial is probably the oldest programming language still in use. It's
>not bad, considering. -John]


Work on Jovial started in 1958. FORTRAN was commercially available
in 1957.


Sincerely,
Bob Corbett
[Good point. It's my impression that the Jovial that people use now is a
lot more like the original Jovial than F77 or F90 is like Fortran I. -John]
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