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A brief history of Fortran

Dates back to 1954
Fortran II, IV, 66 (released in 1972)
Fortran 77 (released in 1980)
Fortran 90 (released in 1991)
HPF (High Performance Fortran) (not an official standard)
Fortran 95 (released in December 1997) - largely a "bug-fix" release
Fortran 2000 (scheduled for 2002)

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Last updated: 20 February 2008