(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4197) 43 Fortran compilers

[David Muxworthy]

One or two people seemed surprised when I said at the WG5 meeting  
that there were 43 Fortran compilers in the early 1960s.  The figure  
was taken from Oswald, H. (1964), 'The various Fortrans', Datamation  
vol 10 (August), pp 25-29.  Oswald was reviewing 16 different Fortran  
systems.  I think I also said outside the meeting that the first  
Fortran on a non-IBM machine was in 1961-2.  In fact it was in 1960  
on a Philco 2000, but not called Fortran.  The first non-IBM  
'Fortran' was on a Univac SS80 in 1961.

David