IBM 701 installation
The IBM 701 computer was delivered to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in April 1954. The Univac-1 was a simple computer to program in machine language; however, the IBM 701 was more difficult to use—one reason was its reliance on punch cards for input and output. Programmers in companies and laboratories that owned 701s talked among themselves informally, and various “home-brewed” systems resulted. IBM soon began to develop a higher-level language, FORTRAN (formula translation), and the Laboratory sent Robert Hughes to IBM for an extended visit to contribute to the effort. The original FORTRAN manual lists four contributors, one of them Robert Hughes.
IBM 701 installation
The IBM 701 computer was delivered to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in April 1954. The Univac-1 was a simple computer to program in machine language; however, the IBM 701 was more difficult to use—one reason was its reliance on punch cards for input and output. Programmers in companies and laboratories that owned 701s talked among themselves informally, and various “home-brewed” systems resulted. IBM soon began to develop a higher-level language, FORTRAN (formula translation), and the Laboratory sent Robert Hughes to IBM for an extended visit to contribute to the effort. The original FORTRAN manual lists four contributors, one of them Robert Hughes.