Michael J. Mahon wrote:
(snip)
The original FORTRAN had limitations quite transparently derived from
the 704 architecture, and FORTRAN IV had the limitations raised in
accordance with the extensions of the 7094!
(snip)
The FREQUENCY statement that provided the probabilities of conditional
branches for this simulation was relatively short-lived, partly because
we now know that programmers tend to be *terrible* estimators of branch
probabilities!
Yes, but it was optional so I don't see why it needed to be
removed. Now that branch prediction is more important, maybe
it should be added back again.
Is there a Fortran compiler for the Apple II?
-- glen