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WATFOR—The University of Waterloo FORTRAN IV compiler

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C. R. ZarnkeAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 10, Issue 1

Pages 41 - 44

https://doi.org/10.1145/363018.363059

Published: 01 January 1967 Publication History

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WATFOR is an in-core, load-and-go compiler which has been implemented within the IBM 7040/44 operating system. FORTRAN IV was selected as the source language in order to achieve maximum language compatibility with other available compiling systems, in particular the IBM 7040/44 FORTRAN IV system. The principal advantage of the WATFOR compiler is that it translates FORTRAN IV programs at speeds of up to 100 statements per second. Since the compiler resides in core there is virtually no systems overhead, and hence large batches of “student” programs may be processed very efficiently. The compiler also provides extensive error diagnostics, during both the compilation and the execution phases of a program run. This feature makes the system attractive to both learners and learned users alike.

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SHANTZ, P. W., ET AL. WATFOR documentation. Computer Sci. Dept., U. of Waterloo, Jan., 1966. Available on request.

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WATFOR—The University of Waterloo FORTRAN IV compiler
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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Jan. 1967

70 pages

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DOI:10.1145/363018

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