From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,448990452c132610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-28 21:36:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: OT, was Re: The making of compilers References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <0rEf8.16551$Zs.177468618@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.175.242.77 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1014960956 ST000 64.175.242.77 (Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:35:56 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:35:56 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: SCSGGTSDZRRQBQH]]RKB_UDAZZ\DPCPDLXUNNHXIJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 05:35:56 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20633 Date: 2002-03-01T05:35:56+00:00 List-Id: There was a company in the 1960's, I think, that developed some technology for making fast Fortran compilers (or making Fortran compilers, fast?). They had lots of ads and presumably took the (Fortran) world by storm. Does this ring any bells with anyone?