[Tfug] Note of Passage

[Louis Taber]

Hi,

In 1970, FORTRAN was the language of choice for student programming  in
TUSD.  I think the Backus Naur form has had more impact than FORTRAN
though.  FORTRAN was developed prior to any theoretical understanding of
computer languages.  It allowed spaces within constants key words and
variable names.

 DO 10 I = 1,17,2
    if miss typed as
 DO 10 I = 1 17.2
    would set the variable DO10I to 117.2

Take a look at Backus Naur form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus-Naur_form