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FORTRANSIT(ID:407/for068)

FORTRAN Internal Translator 

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Country: United States
Designed 1956
Published: 1957
Genus: Fortran I-III Coeval
Sammet category: Numerical Scientific

for FORTRAN Internal Translator

Subset of FORTRAN translated into IT on the IBM 650.

Bob Bemer IBM 1956

From Bemer's webpage:

"I say manpower, although the name FORTRANSIT was created by Florence (Flo) Pessin, in a conversation I had with her. I had always liked puns in creating programming names (CODASYL was my play on the legal term "codicil", but COBOL was not). Flo liked anagrams and acrostics. We agreed that it meant either 1) FORTRAN-S(oap)-IT, or 2) FOR TRANSIT(ion), or 3) FORTRAN's IT (in the verb sense of FORTRANning the IT Compiler)"

Bemer also indicates that this is very probably the first stack implementation, and that it was the work of Florence Pessin. (Predating the Samuelson and Bauer compiler by 2 years)

People:

Hardware:
Related languages
FORTRAN → FORTRANSIT   Subset
IT 2 → FORTRANSIT   Target language for

Samples:
References:
  • Alexander, O. (1957) Alexander, O. E.; Bemer, R. W.; Hemmes, D. A.; May, 1.. M.: Pessin, F. H.; Perlis, A. J; Smith, J. W.; Van Zoeren, H. R. Programmer's reference manual FORTRANSIT, automatic coding system for the IBM 650. IBM Corp., 590 Madison Ave.,:New York, N. Y., 1957
  • Alexander, O. (1957) Alexander, O. E.; Bemer, R. W.; Hemmes, D. A.; May, 1.. M.: Pessin, F. H.; Perlis, A. J; Smith, J. W.; Van Zoeren, H. R. Programmer's reference manual FORTRANSIT, automatic coding system for the IBM 650. IBM Corp., 590 Madison Ave.,:New York, N. Y., 1957
  • Alexander, O. (1957) Alexander, O. E.; Bemer, R. W.; Hemmes, D. A.; May, 1.. M.: Pessin, F. H.; Perlis, A. J; Smith, J. W.; Van Zoeren, H. R. Programmer's reference manual FORTRANSIT, automatic coding system for the IBM 650. IBM Corp., 590 Madison Ave.,:New York, N. Y., 1957
  • Bemer (1957) Bemer, R. W. "The Status of Automatic Programming for Scientific Problems" Abstract Extract: Summary Extract: IT, FORTRANSIT, SAP, SOAP, SOHIO
          in [Armour] (1957) "Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Computer Applications Symposium" , Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 1957
  • Bemer (1958) [Bemer, RW] [State of ACM automatic coding library August 1958]
          in [Armour] (1957) "Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Computer Applications Symposium" , Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 1957
  • Borden, B.C. (1958) Borden, B.C. "FORTRANSIT, a Universal Automatic Coding System for the IBM 650", pp349-359 Extract: Decsription Extract: The team
          in Proc. (1958) Proc. Canadian Conf. for Computing and Data Processing, Jun 9-10 1958
  • Way, F. III (1958) Way, F. III "Current Developments In Computer Programming Techniques" Extract: UNISAP, IT, SML, C-10 Extract: SOAP, CASE SOAP Extract: IT, Runcible Extract: MATH-MATIC vs. RUNCIBLE Extract: FORTRANSIT, IT, RUNCIBLE
          in [Proceedings] (1958) Proceedings of the 1958 Computer Applications Symposium, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
  • Atchison, William F. (1959) Atchison, William F. "Training [at the Georgia Institute of Technology] for Engineering and Scientific Applications via Compilers, Interpreters, and Assemblers" Abstract Extract: FORTRAN, FORTRANSIT, RUNCIBLE, Bell Extract: Not using assemblers (SOAP, STAR)
          in Proceedings of the 1959 Computer Applications Symp (1959) Proceedings of the 1959 Computer Applications Symposium, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 29, 1959
  • Carr (1959) Carr, John W III; "Computer Programming" volume 2, chapter 2, pp115-121
          in Crabbe et al (1957) E. M. Crabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (eds.) "Handbook of Automation, Computation, and Control," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1959.
  • Mickel, Joseph (1963) Mickel, Joseph "Digital computer programs" University of Texas Engineering Research Computer, Austin, Texas 1963
          in Crabbe et al (1957) E. M. Crabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (eds.) "Handbook of Automation, Computation, and Control," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1959.
  • Vaida, D. (1963) Vaida, D. review of Mickel 1963
          in (1963) ACM Computing Reviews 4(06) November-December 1963
  • Rosen, Saul (1964) Rosen, Saul "Programming Systems and Languages: a historical Survey" (reprinted in Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. McGraw Hill, New York, 1967) Extract: IT compilers
          in [AFIPS JCC 25] (1964) [AFIPS JCC 25] Proceedings of the 1964 Spring Joint Computer Conference SJCC 1964
  • Bemer, Robert W. (1968) Bemer, Robert W. "The PL/I Family Tree" Extract: Introduction Extract: Definition and Maintenance Extract: Introduction
          in (1968) PL/I Bulletin, Issue 6, March 1968
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969) Sammet, Jean E. "Computer Languages - Principles and History" Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1969. p.141.
          in (1968) PL/I Bulletin, Issue 6, March 1968
  • Stock (1971) Stock, Karl F. "A listing of some programming languages and their users" in RZ-Informationen. Graz: Rechenzentrum Graz 1971 106 Abstract
          in (1968) PL/I Bulletin, Issue 6, March 1968
  • Sammet (1972) Sammet, Jean E., "Roster of Programming Languages 1972" 105
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
  • Stock and Stock (1973) Stock, Marylene and Stock, Karl F. "Bibliography of Programming Languages: Books, User Manuals and Articles from PLANKALKUL to PL/I" Verlag Dokumentation, Pullach/Munchen 1973 246 Abstract
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
  • Knuth, Donald Ervin, and Luis Trabb Pardo (1977) Knuth, Donald Ervin, and Luis Trabb Pardo "The early development of programming languages" pp419-96
          in Belzer, J. (1977) Belzer, J. ; A. G. Holzman, A. Kent, (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. 1979
  • Bemer, R. W. (1986) Bemer, R. W. "Programming Aids and Applications: Nearly 650 Memories of the 650" pp68-69 Extract: PRINT I
          in [AHOC] (1986) Annals of the History of Computing, 08(1) January 1986 (IBM 650 Issue)
  • Hemmes, D.A. (1986) Hemmes, D.A. "FORTRANSIT Recollections", pp70-73
          in [AHOC] (1986) Annals of the History of Computing, 08(1) January 1986 (IBM 650 Issue)
  • Bemer (1999) Bemer, Bob "FORTRANSIT - the 650 Processor that "made" FORTRAN" Online
          in Bemer, Bob (2000) Bemer, Bob "Computer History Vignettes" (Web published, retrieved 2000)
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