From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_12,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 9d35d5ce for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 14:54:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D903BA2082; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 00:54:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93079E882; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 00:54:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4650A9E882; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 00:54:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-f53.google.com (mail-wm1-f53.google.com [209.85.128.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B068E94A37 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 00:53:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-f53.google.com with SMTP id r11-v6so9866163wmb.2 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 06:53:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=+ZyqwSCSvCTRQMKqpsgvdh0nWWCgWdWJnxj3qMSkakg=; b=XVn5fmRvZomBBWHSPFvJg+lnWxR/ya+S5UUKVUK5OrvC8WOOs63zYoeZx5A3q4iBkf 7NgWCE14HyOfaFl+cFXVoe/zSeutW4QgJN57xFdlGiDTxY34Tn20/FdvYty4kYskOe0Z z2ZWh//pWVC+YBHsqt80GYskmUJ37SJSsJC4k= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=+ZyqwSCSvCTRQMKqpsgvdh0nWWCgWdWJnxj3qMSkakg=; b=py0L9tB5bwZVkh4BwSBVNLLXp7ZhpRnOeOIN5UmcRbKRKANEUi1hxsMzR9GXliwW3e S3761D8dqtPuTGPnVGTQSK+st06/JjyWV+s4Qvq14xFx+pGK4ab7la/zpuwl2d7gjeUK dW3iH9THpBImsceJAsiNUTNBt5kUcgmFwg7WrIFyV+sT1ofxOhZDcIqKk1pibe/U9a50 VP1tnkQXSod0ILedUJawVxdwQyOSdtW+NYB3oSj5XcSDaohMdLW96K2QiF8i7afg0QDb Fy9MsjRgC2RhDZT5rS6ClrwRDtmlWcMa4hCjBMX1r9l+ESDHbsM51Zrji3+hao/wI6nW jDAA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWbjDJq4Wn/a/OjTZuplPN/viV3llr056lDxgjB/MwWsr1I3ks0d 36lRtclsX7o48w+ghmoMIRSYtu857zCcfLfybVyZif7g X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/V2hwFla/cYQaSfGsgkLt9aEvifm4oSythwROnnYCFMkE07jtQP0XR6eEttLCN/DIchkXS1upsewGUeKYBhdmM= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:aad2:: with SMTP id t201mr6444404wme.148.1543935235260; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 06:53:55 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181204144306.A830E18C0A0@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20181204144306.A830E18C0A0@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> From: Clem Cole Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 09:53:29 -0500 Message-ID: To: Noel Chiappa Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000411fbb057c336f1c" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Happy birthday, John Backus! X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000411fbb057c336f1c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:43 AM Noel Chiappa wrote= : > Which brings up an interesting query - I wonder when/what the last > compiler written in assembler was? > Excellent question -- IBM's Fortran-H maybe? circa mid 1970's would be my guess. =E1=90=A7 --000000000000411fbb057c336f1c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:43 AM Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
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Excellent question -- IBM's Fortran-H maybe?=C2= =A0 =C2=A0circa mid 1970's=C2=A0would be my guess.
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