Why was Fortran created?

[1vRz3TCk]

If you created a pair of compasses (drafting tool) and found it drew a circle did you invent the circle before the pair of compasses? Even if you had the idea of a circle before the method of creating it, does the circle exist prior to drawing it?

[Gaminic]

Who says animals don't know about time? My cats know exactly when they're fed every day. Whether they know that it's 6pm or that the sun is in the West doesn't really matter. They know that a future event is going to happen at a certain moment. Regardless of whether they measure it, they know about time.

[1vRz3TCk]

So what is time? Is it a measurement between events? Is is a fundamental element of the structure of the universe, the forth dimension? Or is it part of a fundamental intellectual structure that allow for the us to sequence and compare events?

So is time the measurement, or something that you measure, or a concept?

The problem with defining time is that you can't do it in a way that satisfies everyone without circularity (A circular definition).

[Gaminic]

I'd say it's a physical part of the universe, since it is influenced by gravity.

[Cheraphy]

me on another forum wrote:

"Oh yea? well we have a tachyon particle cannon so powerful it'll knock you into last week!"

[BHX]

Simple answer:

Fortran was created for the same reason all the other languages were created. So help make programming easier during its time of creation without requiring binary coders ;).

[ne555]

^ ¿Never heard of brainfuck, whitespace, LOLCODE, java or chef?

[BHX]

No, no, no, yes, and no. Though, four of those, the name alone makes it sound like it was made by a bunch of programmers just to screw with people. Heard of Java and have never done anything more than the hello world app for it. Come to think of it I haven't really touched C# either except for when a course required it in college.

[LB]

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, and no.

[science man]

@I.B.

LOL!!!!!!!!

[Lachlan Easton]

My favourite esoteric language is Befunge. Time is the change of matter relative to other matter.