> On Thu, 9 May 2024 22:40:28 +0200, Paul Ruizendaal > wrote: > > .... Digging into this more led me to a 1970 report "Programming Languages and their Compilers, Preliminary Notes” by John Cocke and J.T. Schwartz: > https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/paper/Bright-FORTRANComesToWestinghouseBettis-1971.pdf Actually, the link is here: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/CockeSchwartz_ProgLangCompilers.pdf And more about Jack Schwartz is here: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/SETL/index.html#Precursors Paul