[vcf-midatlantic] 1970's TV show that taught FORTRAN ?

Andy Meyer ysgdhio at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 00:57:07 UTC 2021


I never knew the name.
But that "FORTRAN for Morons, Geniuses and Hobbits" sounds like a definite
possibility.
I would need to see a clip to know for sure.


On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 6:22 PM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> They did exist.
>
> http://dontparade.blogspot.com/2016/10/
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 06:10:06PM -0500, Andy Meyer via vcf-midatlantic
> wrote:
> > Looking to settle an argument...
> >
> > I remember there was once a TV show that taught FORTRAN programming.
> >
> > This would have been the mid-1970's and I think it was broadcast over
> WNET
> > channel 13 (NYC metro area PBS) in the afternoon.
> >
> > I can't have been the only one to have seen it, but I'm unable to find
> > anything about it on the net.
> >
> > Reply to the list.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Andy
>


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