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I'm curious, what was the typical high level language being used for programming the CM2? I've seen Fortan 90 referenced in mention of programming for the mach

I'm curious, what was the typical high level language being used for programming the CM2? I've seen Fortan 90 referenced in mention of programming for the machine, but is there a surviving Fortran compiler available for the CM2 architecture that you have come across?

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nicwolff 3y ago
In general it was C*, but there was CM Fortran as well, which C* could call and which could call C* subroutines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2A http://people.csail.mit.edu/bradley/cm5docs/CM-5CStarUsersGuide.pdf http://people.csail.mit.edu/bradley/cm5docs/CM-5CStarUsersGu... http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/thinkingMachines/CM5/CMFortranProgrammingGuide.pdf http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/thinkingMac...
- ralphc 3y ago
  Did it use Star Lisp as well?